What time is it in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania?
8:53:52 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−4:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 79,453
Daylight saving in Bethlehem
Bethlehem is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Bethlehem sits at 40.63°N, 75.37°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bethlehem.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Bethlehem it is highest at 12:53 pm today — 53 minutes after clock noon.
At 75.4°W, Bethlehem 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.
Daylight in Bethlehem today
- Sunrise
- 6:52 am
- Sunset
- 6:53 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 5 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Bethlehem, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 49 minutes, from 15 hours 5 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 16 minutes in December.
At 40.6°N that puts Bethlehem between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.