Local time · Augusta
What time is it in Augusta, Georgia?
4:48:59AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 201,737
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Augusta
Augusta is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Augusta sits at 33.37°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 Augusta.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Augusta it is highest at 12:12 pm today — 12 minutes after clock noon.
At 82.1°W, Augusta sits 28 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 28 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Augusta today
- Sunrise
- 6:57 am
- Sunset
- 5:27 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 29 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 22 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 29 minutes in Augusta, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 25 minutes, from 14 hours 22 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 56 minutes in December.
At 33.4°N that puts Augusta between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.