What time is it in Winter Haven, Florida?
8:52:58 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
- 59,975
Daylight saving in Winter Haven
Winter Haven is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 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 Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Winter Haven it is highest at 1:18 pm today — 78 minutes after clock noon.
At 81.7°W, Winter Haven 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 Winter Haven today
- Sunrise
- 7:17 am
- Sunset
- 7:20 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 55 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Winter Haven, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes 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.