Local time · Clearwater
What time is it in Clearwater, Florida?
4:49:07AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 116,811
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Clearwater
Clearwater is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Clearwater sits at 27.98°N, 82.77°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Clearwater.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Clearwater it is highest at 12:15 pm today — 15 minutes after clock noon.
At 82.8°W, Clearwater sits 31 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 31 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Clearwater today
- Sunrise
- 6:51 am
- Sunset
- 5:39 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 48 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 55 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 48 minutes in Clearwater, and the day is getting shorter by 1 minute a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 33 minutes, from 13 hours 55 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 22 minutes in December.
At 28.0°N that puts Clearwater between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.