What time is it in Southgate, Michigan?

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

Southgate sits at 42.20°N, 83.21°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Southgate.

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

At 83.2°W, Southgate 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 Southgate, 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 Southgate between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.