What time is it in Delaware, Ohio?

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

Delaware sits at 40.29°N, 83.07°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Delaware.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Delaware it is highest at 1:23 pm today — 83 minutes after clock noon.

At 83.1°W, Delaware 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 Delaware, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 45 minutes, from 15 hours 3 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 18 minutes in December.

At 40.3°N that puts Delaware between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.