What time is it in Cincinnati, Ohio?

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

Cincinnati sits at 39.14°N, 84.51°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Cincinnati.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Cincinnati it is highest at 1:29 pm today — 89 minutes after clock noon.

At 84.5°W, Cincinnati 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 2 minutes in Cincinnati, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 31 minutes, from 14 hours 55 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 25 minutes in December.

At 39.1°N that puts Cincinnati between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.