What time is it in Battle Creek, Michigan?

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

Battle Creek sits at 42.30°N, 85.23°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Battle Creek.

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

At 85.2°W, Battle Creek 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 1 minute in Battle Creek, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 12 minutes, from 15 hours 17 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 5 minutes in December.

At 42.3°N that puts Battle Creek between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.