What time is it in Lima, Ohio?

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

Lima sits at 40.74°N, 84.11°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Lima.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Lima it is highest at 1:28 pm today — 88 minutes after clock noon.

At 84.1°W, Lima 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 1 minute in Lima, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 51 minutes, from 15 hours 6 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 15 minutes in December.

At 40.7°N that puts Lima between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.