Current time in Miami

Miami keeps the same clock as New York, Atlanta and Washington, and changes on the same nights. Florida is not entirely Eastern, though: the western Panhandle, beyond the Apalachicola River, including Pensacola and Panama City, runs on Central Time, one hour behind Miami.

In 2018 Florida passed the Sunshine Protection Act, a state law asking to stay on daylight time all year. It only takes effect if Congress changes federal law, which has not happened, so Miami still falls back each November. Florida's push helped launch the national bill of the same name.

Many Latin American headquarters sit in Miami, and the time gaps shift with the US clock change. Bogotá, Lima and Panama City stay on UTC−5 all year, so they match Miami in winter and are one hour behind from March to November. São Paulo and Buenos Aires, at UTC−3 with no daylight saving, are two hours ahead in the US winter and one hour ahead in summer. Mexico City is one hour behind in winter and two hours behind in summer. Santiago changes clocks on its own southern-hemisphere schedule and can be level with Miami or up to two hours ahead.

At 25.8° north, Miami has the smallest daylight swing of any large city in the continental US: about 13 hours 45 minutes in June and 10 hours 30 minutes in December. Summer sunrise comes near 6:30 AM with sunset about 8:15 PM; in December the sun rises around 7:05 AM and sets close to 5:35 PM. For the Eastern-to-Pacific table, see EST to PST; for side-by-side clocks, the world clock lists 69 cities.