Local time · Cranston
What time is it in Cranston, Rhode Island?
4:49:54AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 84,448
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Cranston
Cranston is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Cranston sits at 41.77°N, 71.49°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Cranston.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Cranston it is highest at 11:30 am today — 30 minutes before clock noon.
At 71.5°W, Cranston sits 14 minutes of solar time east of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 14 minutes before noon.
Daylight in Cranston today
- Sunrise
- 6:33 am
- Sunset
- 4:27 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 54 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 13 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 54 minutes in Cranston, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 5 minutes, from 15 hours 13 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 8 minutes in December.
At 41.8°N that puts Cranston between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.