What time is it in Rome, New York?
8:04:38 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−4:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 31,990
Daylight saving in Rome
Rome is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Rome sits at 43.23°N, 75.49°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Rome.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Rome it is highest at 12:53 pm today — 53 minutes after clock noon.
At 75.5°W, Rome 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.
Daylight in Rome today
- Sunrise
- 6:52 am
- Sunset
- 6:54 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 23 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Rome, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 25 minutes, from 15 hours 23 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 58 minutes in December.
At 43.2°N that puts Rome between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.