What time is it in Valdosta, Georgia?
8:05:09 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−4:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 55,667
Daylight saving in Valdosta
Valdosta is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Valdosta sits at 30.85°N, 83.28°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Valdosta.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Valdosta it is highest at 1:24 pm today — 84 minutes after clock noon.
At 83.3°W, Valdosta 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.
Daylight in Valdosta today
- Sunrise
- 7:23 am
- Sunset
- 7:26 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 9 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Valdosta, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours, from 14 hours 9 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 9 minutes in December.
At 30.9°N that puts Valdosta between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.