Local time · Niagara Falls
What time is it in Niagara Falls, New York?
4:50:56AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 47,512
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Niagara Falls sits at 43.09°N, 79.01°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Niagara Falls.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Niagara Falls it is highest at 12:00 pm today — 0 minutes after clock noon.
At 79.0°W, Niagara Falls sits 16 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 16 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Niagara Falls today
- Sunrise
- 7:06 am
- Sunset
- 4:54 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 48 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 22 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 48 minutes in Niagara Falls, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 23 minutes, from 15 hours 22 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 59 minutes in December.
At 43.1°N that puts Niagara Falls between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.