What time is it in Punta Gorda, Florida?
8:54:29 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
- 20,416
Daylight saving in Punta Gorda
Punta Gorda is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Punta Gorda sits at 26.90°N, 82.07°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Punta Gorda.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Punta Gorda it is highest at 1:19 pm today — 79 minutes after clock noon.
At 82.1°W, Punta Gorda 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 Punta Gorda today
- Sunrise
- 7:18 am
- Sunset
- 7:21 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 50 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Punta Gorda, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 23 minutes, from 13 hours 50 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 27 minutes in December.
At 26.9°N that puts Punta Gorda between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.