What time is it in Cape Coral, Florida?

Cape Coral is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Cape Coral sits at 26.64°N, 82.00°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Cape Coral.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Cape Coral it is highest at 1:19 pm today — 79 minutes after clock noon.

At 82.0°W, Cape Coral 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.

Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Cape Coral, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 21 minutes, from 13 hours 49 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 28 minutes in December.

At 26.6°N that puts Cape Coral between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.