What time is it in Romulus, Michigan?
8:03:36 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−4:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 24,652
Daylight saving in Romulus
Romulus is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Romulus sits at 42.22°N, 83.37°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Romulus.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Romulus it is highest at 1:25 pm today — 85 minutes after clock noon.
At 83.4°W, Romulus 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.
Daylight in Romulus today
- Sunrise
- 7:24 am
- Sunset
- 7:25 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 16 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Romulus, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 11 minutes, from 15 hours 16 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 5 minutes in December.
At 42.2°N that puts Romulus between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.