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Local time · Dayton

What time is it in Dayton, Ohio?

4:48:57AM

Friday, November 13, 2026Eastern Standard Time · UTC−5:00 · standard time
Time zone
EST
America/New_York
UTC offset
−5:00
Standard is −5:00
Daylight saving
Not in force
Starts Sun, Mar 14
Population
136,346
City proper

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Daylight saving in Dayton

Dayton is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.

Dayton sits at 39.78°N, 84.20°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Dayton.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Dayton it is highest at 12:21 pm today — 21 minutes after clock noon.

At 84.2°W, Dayton sits 37 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 37 minutes after noon.

Daylight in Dayton today

Sunrise
7:19 am
Sunset
5:22 pm
Day length
10 hours 3 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 59 minutes

Today runs 10 hours 3 minutes in Dayton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 39 minutes, from 14 hours 59 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 21 minutes in December.

At 39.8°N that puts Dayton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.

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