What time is it in Grand Rapids, Michigan?

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

Grand Rapids sits at 42.96°N, 85.66°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Grand Rapids.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Grand Rapids it is highest at 1:34 pm today — 94 minutes after clock noon.

At 85.7°W, Grand Rapids 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 Grand Rapids, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 21 minutes, from 15 hours 21 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours in December.

At 43.0°N that puts Grand Rapids between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.