What time is it in Scranton, Pennsylvania?

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

Scranton sits at 41.40°N, 75.67°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Scranton.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Scranton it is highest at 12:54 pm today — 54 minutes after clock noon.

At 75.7°W, Scranton 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 Scranton, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours, from 15 hours 10 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 11 minutes in December.

At 41.4°N that puts Scranton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.