Local time · Ithaca
What time is it in Ithaca, New York?
4:49:29AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 33,768
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Ithaca
Ithaca is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Ithaca sits at 42.44°N, 76.50°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Ithaca.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Ithaca it is highest at 11:50 am today — 10 minutes before clock noon.
At 76.5°W, Ithaca 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 Ithaca today
- Sunrise
- 6:54 am
- Sunset
- 4:45 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 51 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 18 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 51 minutes in Ithaca, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 14 minutes, from 15 hours 18 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 4 minutes in December.
At 42.4°N that puts Ithaca between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.