What time is it in Norton Shores, Michigan?

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

Norton Shores sits at 43.17°N, 86.24°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Norton Shores.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Norton Shores it is highest at 1:36 pm today — 96 minutes after clock noon.

At 86.2°W, Norton Shores 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 Norton Shores, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 24 minutes, from 15 hours 23 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 59 minutes in December.

At 43.2°N that puts Norton Shores between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.