What time is it in Detroit, Michigan?

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

Detroit sits at 42.38°N, 83.10°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Detroit.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Detroit it is highest at 1:24 pm today — 84 minutes after clock noon.

At 83.1°W, Detroit 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 Detroit, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 13 minutes, from 15 hours 17 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 4 minutes in December.

At 42.4°N that puts Detroit between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.