United States
Time now in Cleveland
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:52Sunset 07:53Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
7,675
Sunrise
06:52
Sunset
07:53
Day length
13h 01m
Coordinates
30.34, -95.10
Time difference from Cleveland
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Cleveland right now.
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About the time in Cleveland
Sunrise today lands at 06:52 and sunset at 07:53 local time, giving 13h 01m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (30.34, -95.10) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Cleveland.
Cleveland runs on America/Chicago, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Cleveland sits at latitude 30.34, in the mid-latitude band, so day length here swings noticeably between midwinter and midsummer — today's 13h 01m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in Cleveland
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Chicago, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Cleveland?
- Cleveland is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Cleveland in?
- Cleveland uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
- What time is it in Cleveland right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Cleveland, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
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