What time is it in Lewiston, Idaho?

Most of Idaho is on Mountain Daylight Time, but Lewiston keeps Pacific Daylight Time — 1 hour behind the rest of the state. This is the kind of thing that catches people out, and it is why the zone is resolved from the city’s own coordinates rather than assumed from the state.

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

Lewiston sits at 46.39°N, 116.99°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Lewiston.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Lewiston it is highest at 12:40 pm today — 40 minutes after clock noon.

A time zone is fifteen degrees of longitude wide, so a city near its eastern edge sees the sun peak well before noon by the clock and one near the western edge well after. Lewiston sits at 117.0°W, comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top of that until the clocks change.