What time is it in Clearwater, Florida?

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

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Clearwater it is highest at 1:22 pm today — 82 minutes after clock noon.

At 82.8°W, Clearwater 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 Clearwater, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes 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.