Local time · Winter Haven
What time is it in Winter Haven, Florida?
4:49:02AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 59,975
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Winter Haven
Winter Haven is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Winter Haven sits at 28.05°N, 81.73°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Winter Haven.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Winter Haven it is highest at 12:11 pm today — 11 minutes after clock noon.
At 81.7°W, Winter Haven sits 27 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 27 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Winter Haven today
- Sunrise
- 6:47 am
- Sunset
- 5:35 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 48 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 55 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 48 minutes in Winter Haven, and the day is getting shorter by 1 minute a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 34 minutes, from 13 hours 55 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 22 minutes in December.
At 28.0°N that puts Winter Haven between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.