Local time · Akron
What time is it in Akron, Ohio?
4:48:45AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 189,664
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Akron
Akron is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Akron sits at 41.08°N, 81.52°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Akron.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Akron it is highest at 12:10 pm today — 10 minutes after clock noon.
At 81.5°W, Akron sits 26 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 26 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Akron today
- Sunrise
- 7:11 am
- Sunset
- 5:08 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 57 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 8 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 57 minutes in Akron, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 55 minutes, from 15 hours 8 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 13 minutes in December.
At 41.1°N that puts Akron between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.