What time is it in Bay City, Michigan?

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

Bay City sits at 43.59°N, 83.89°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bay City.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Bay City it is highest at 1:27 pm today — 87 minutes after clock noon.

At 83.9°W, Bay City 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 Bay City, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 30 minutes, from 15 hours 26 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 56 minutes in December.

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