What time is it in Portland, Maine?

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

Portland sits at 43.63°N, 70.19°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Portland.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Portland it is highest at 12:32 pm today — 32 minutes after clock noon.

At 70.2°W, Portland sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Portland, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 31 minutes, from 15 hours 26 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 56 minutes in December.

At 43.6°N that puts Portland between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.