What time is it in South Portland, Maine?

South 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.

South Portland sits at 43.63°N, 70.29°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in South Portland.

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

At 70.3°W, South Portland sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in South 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 South Portland between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.