Local time · Buffalo
What time is it in Buffalo, New York?
4:50:00AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 276,617
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Buffalo
Buffalo is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Buffalo sits at 42.89°N, 78.86°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Buffalo.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Buffalo it is highest at 11:59 am today — 1 minutes before clock noon.
At 78.9°W, Buffalo sits 15 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 15 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Buffalo today
- Sunrise
- 7:05 am
- Sunset
- 4:54 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 49 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 21 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 49 minutes in Buffalo, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 20 minutes, from 15 hours 21 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 1 minute in December.
At 42.9°N that puts Buffalo between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.