What time is it in Syracuse, New York?

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

Syracuse sits at 43.04°N, 76.14°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Syracuse.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Syracuse it is highest at 12:56 pm today — 56 minutes after clock noon.

At 76.1°W, Syracuse 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 Syracuse, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 22 minutes, from 15 hours 22 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours in December.

At 43.0°N that puts Syracuse between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.