What time is it in Decatur, Georgia?

Decatur is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Decatur sits at 33.77°N, 84.30°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Decatur.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Decatur it is highest at 1:28 pm today — 88 minutes after clock noon.

At 84.3°W, Decatur 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.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Decatur, 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 Decatur between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.