Local time · Canton
What time is it in Canton, Ohio?
4:48:39AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 69,211
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Canton
Canton is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Canton sits at 40.81°N, 81.37°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Canton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Canton it is highest at 12:09 pm today — 9 minutes after clock noon.
At 81.4°W, Canton sits 25 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 25 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Canton today
- Sunrise
- 7:10 am
- Sunset
- 5:08 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 59 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 6 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 59 minutes in Canton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 52 minutes, from 15 hours 6 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 14 minutes in December.
At 40.8°N that puts Canton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.