What time is it in Rochester, New Hampshire?

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

Rochester sits at 43.30°N, 70.98°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Rochester.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Rochester it is highest at 12:35 pm today — 35 minutes after clock noon.

At 71.0°W, Rochester sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Rochester, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 26 minutes, from 15 hours 24 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 58 minutes in December.

At 43.3°N that puts Rochester between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.