Local time · Albany
What time is it in Albany, Georgia?
4:49:46AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 66,705
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Albany
Albany is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Albany sits at 31.58°N, 84.18°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Albany.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Albany it is highest at 12:20 pm today — 20 minutes after clock noon.
At 84.2°W, Albany sits 37 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 37 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Albany today
- Sunrise
- 7:03 am
- Sunset
- 5:38 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 36 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 13 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 36 minutes in Albany, and the day is getting shorter by 1 minute a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 7 minutes, from 14 hours 13 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 5 minutes in December.
At 31.6°N that puts Albany between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.