Time in Miami
It is 22:26 on Wednesday, 16 September 2026 in Miami. Miami is in United States. Civil time uses the IANA zone America/New_York at -04:00 from UTC (in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Miami shares America/New_York with the US East Coast — Eastern Time at UTC−05:00 in winter and UTC−04:00 in summer — even though it sits far south of New York.
Latin American partners overlap the working day more cleanly than they do for Boston or New York. Tourism and trade hours often stretch later; a 09:00 São Paulo call is still morning in Miami.
Miami is Eastern Time. Latin American partners on UTC−03:00 or UTC−05:00 overlap this city more usefully than they overlap Boston, but the IANA id is still America/New_York.
Miami time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC-04:00
- Abbreviation
- EDT
- IANA
- America/New_York
- DST
- in effect
Daylight saving in Miami
Daylight saving is currently in effect, so Miami is running one step ahead of its standard offset. Clocks in Miami next go back on 1 November 2026 at 01:00 local time, moving from UTC-04:00 to UTC-05:00.
Daylight in Miami today
The sun rises at 07:07 and sets at 19:24, giving 12 h 17 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 13:15, 76 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Miami sits west of the 60° W meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 07:07
- Sunset
- 19:24
- Daylight
- 12 h 17 m
- Solar noon
- 13:15Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Miami
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Miami and the same hours in other major cities.
Same clock as Miami
These cities share America/New_York, so they show the same civil time as Miami right now. Compare them with cities in other zones for a real time difference.
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About Miami
- Population
- 442,241The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- Florida
- Coordinates
- 25.7833° N, 80.2167° WLatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- US Dollar (USD)
- Calling code
- +1Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- English and Spanish
- Airports
- MIAMiami InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Miami local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Miami
- What time is it in Miami right now?
- It is 22:26 in Miami as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Miami uses the IANA zone America/New_York, currently -04:00.
- Which time zone is Miami in?
- Miami is in the EDT time zone (America/New_York), currently -04:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Miami observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Miami shifts its clocks during the year, so the difference to cities that do not change moves by an hour twice a year.
- Is Miami ahead of or behind UTC?
- Miami is currently at -04:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Miami is 08:00.