What time is it in Bradenton, Florida?
8:52:43 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−4:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 58,184
Daylight saving in Bradenton
Bradenton is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Bradenton sits at 27.49°N, 82.58°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bradenton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Bradenton it is highest at 1:21 pm today — 81 minutes after clock noon.
At 82.6°W, Bradenton sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Bradenton today
- Sunrise
- 7:20 am
- Sunset
- 7:23 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 53 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Bradenton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 29 minutes, from 13 hours 53 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 24 minutes in December.
At 27.5°N that puts Bradenton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.