What time is it in Merritt Island, Florida?
8:05:20 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
- 34,518
Daylight saving in Merritt Island
Merritt Island is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Merritt Island sits at 28.31°N, 80.68°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Merritt Island.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Merritt Island it is highest at 1:14 pm today — 74 minutes after clock noon.
At 80.7°W, Merritt Island 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 Merritt Island today
- Sunrise
- 7:12 am
- Sunset
- 7:15 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 57 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Merritt Island, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 36 minutes, from 13 hours 57 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 20 minutes in December.
At 28.3°N that puts Merritt Island between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.