Local time · Atlanta
What time is it in Atlanta, Georgia?
4:49:40AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 520,070
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Atlanta
Atlanta is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Atlanta sits at 33.76°N, 84.42°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Atlanta.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Atlanta it is highest at 12:21 pm today — 21 minutes after clock noon.
At 84.4°W, Atlanta sits 38 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 38 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Atlanta today
- Sunrise
- 7:08 am
- Sunset
- 5:35 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 28 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 24 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 28 minutes in Atlanta, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 30 minutes, from 14 hours 24 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 54 minutes in December.
At 33.8°N that puts Atlanta between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.