What time is it in Rome, Georgia?

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

Rome sits at 34.27°N, 85.19°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Rome.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Rome it is highest at 1:32 pm today — 92 minutes after clock noon.

At 85.2°W, Rome 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 Rome, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 35 minutes, from 14 hours 27 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 52 minutes in December.

At 34.3°N that puts Rome between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.