United States
Time now in Lake Wales
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 07:00Sunset 07:57Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
14,225
Sunrise
07:00
Sunset
07:57
Day length
12h 57m
Coordinates
27.92, -81.60
Time difference from Lake Wales
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Lake Wales right now.
Lake Wales on the map
About the time in Lake Wales
The zone identifier America/New_York is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/New_York keeps pointing at New York time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Sunrise today lands at 07:00 and sunset at 07:57 local time, giving 12h 57m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (27.92, -81.60) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Lake Wales.
Lake Wales runs on America/New_York, which puts the city UTC −4 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Lake Wales
- When do the sun rise and set in Lake Wales today?
- Sunrise is at 07:00 and sunset at 07:57, giving 12h 57m of daylight.
- Does Lake Wales change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 1 November 2026.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Lake Wales?
- Lake Wales is UTC −4 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Lake Wales right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Lake Wales, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
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