Local time · Albany
What time is it in Albany, New York?
4:50:43AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 101,317
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Albany
Albany is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Albany sits at 42.67°N, 73.80°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Albany.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Albany it is highest at 11:39 am today — 21 minutes before clock noon.
At 73.8°W, Albany sits almost exactly on Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.
Daylight in Albany today
- Sunrise
- 6:44 am
- Sunset
- 4:34 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 50 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 19 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 50 minutes in Albany, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 17 minutes, from 15 hours 19 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 2 minutes in December.
At 42.7°N that puts Albany between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.