New York City, United States
Current time in United States
Time zone: EDT (UTC/GMT -04:00) — America/New_York
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -12 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -4 ) New York City, United States |
Current Time in other Cities of United States
| Los Angeles |
| Chicago |
| Queens |
| San Antonio |
| The Bronx |
| San Jose |
| Fort Worth |
| Indianapolis |
| San Francisco |
| San Francisco |
| Seattle |
| El Paso |
| Oklahoma City |
| Detroit |
| Boston |
| New South Memphis |
| Las Vegas |
| Milwaukee |
| South Boston |
| Albuquerque |
| Tucson |
| Sacramento |
| Omaha |
| Kansas City |
| Mesa |
| Staten Island |
| Colorado Springs |
| Virginia Beach |
| Tulsa |
| Minneapolis |
Time zone in New York City
New York City keeps EDT (4 hours behind UTC, UTC-04:00). Its database zone is America/New_York — worth knowing if you are scheduling anything that has to survive a daylight saving change.
New York City observes daylight saving. The next change lands on Sunday, 01 November 2026, when 1 hour is added or removed and the abbreviation becomes EST.
Across United States there are 10 distinct time zones among these 419 cities, so "local time" there depends entirely on which city you mean.
Population: about 8,804,190 — 1st largest of the 212 United States cities indexed here.
How far ahead or behind is New York City?
Live differences from New York City, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | New York City is 3 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | New York City is 5 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | New York City is 6 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | New York City is 8 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | New York City is 9 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | New York City is 12 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | New York City is 13 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | New York City is 14 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | New York City is 1 hour behind |
Best time to call New York City
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in New York City local time.
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–16:00 in New York City | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 12:00–17:00 in New York City | 5 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–12:00 in New York City | 3 hours overlap |
| Paris | 09:00–11:00 in New York City | 2 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or Tokyo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Cities on the same clock as New York City
No difference at all from New York City: the cities below share the America/New_York zone.
Queens The Bronx Boston South Boston Staten Island Virginia Beach Tampa West Raleigh
Popular cities
| New York, United States |
| London, United Kingdom |
| Paris, France |
| Tokyo, Japan |
| Beijing, China |
| Sydney, Australia |
| Berlin, Germany |
| Moscow, Russia |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Singapore, Singapore |
| Los Angeles, United States |
| Chicago, United States |
| Toronto, Canada |
| Mexico City, Mexico |
| São Paulo, Brazil |
| Mumbai, India |
| Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Seoul, South Korea |
| Istanbul, Turkey |
| Cairo, Egypt |
| Lagos, Nigeria |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Madrid, Spain |
| Rome, Italy |