What time is it in Ocala, Florida?

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

Ocala sits at 29.18°N, 82.15°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Ocala.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Ocala it is highest at 1:20 pm today — 80 minutes after clock noon.

At 82.2°W, Ocala 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 Ocala, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 44 minutes, from 14 hours 1 minute at the June solstice down to 10 hours 16 minutes in December.

At 29.2°N that puts Ocala between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.