Local time · Syracuse
What time is it in Syracuse, New York?
4:50:19AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 146,097
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Syracuse
Syracuse is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 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.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Syracuse it is highest at 11:48 am today — 12 minutes before clock noon.
At 76.1°W, Syracuse 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 Syracuse today
- Sunrise
- 6:54 am
- Sunset
- 4:42 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 48 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 22 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 48 minutes in Syracuse, and the day is getting shorter by 2 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.