Local time · Florence
What time is it in Florence, South Carolina?
4:51:06AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 40,923
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Florence
Florence is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Florence sits at 34.18°N, 79.79°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Florence.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Florence it is highest at 12:03 pm today — 3 minutes after clock noon.
At 79.8°W, Florence sits 19 minutes of solar time west of Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 19 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Florence today
- Sunrise
- 6:50 am
- Sunset
- 5:16 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 26 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 26 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 26 minutes in Florence, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 34 minutes, from 14 hours 26 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 52 minutes in December.
At 34.2°N that puts Florence between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.