United States
Time now in Philadelphia
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 07:03Sunset 08:16Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
656
Sunrise
07:03
Sunset
08:16
Day length
13h 13m
Coordinates
35.68, -84.40
Time difference from Philadelphia
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Philadelphia right now.
Philadelphia on the map
About the time in Philadelphia
Sunrise today lands at 07:03 and sunset at 08:16 local time, giving 13h 13m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (35.68, -84.40) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Philadelphia.
Around 656 people live in Philadelphia, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia
- Which time zone is Philadelphia in?
- Philadelphia uses America/New_York, currently UTC −4.
- What are normal business hours in Philadelphia in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Philadelphia runs from 13:00–21:00 UTC today.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/New_York, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Philadelphia right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Philadelphia, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
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