What time is it in Cheektowaga, New York?

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

Cheektowaga sits at 42.91°N, 78.75°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Cheektowaga.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Cheektowaga it is highest at 1:06 pm today — 66 minutes after clock noon.

At 78.8°W, Cheektowaga 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 Cheektowaga, and the day is getting shorter by 3 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 Cheektowaga between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.