Cape Coral in numbers
- Coordinates
- 26.5629, -81.9495
- Population
- 175 229
- Region
- Florida
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1446 km away
What follows is the current local time in Cape Coral, Florida, United States, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Cape Coral, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Cape Coral
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Cape Coral, Florida.
Sunrise 7:29 AM Solar noon 1:14 PM Sunset 7:00 PM Daylight 11 h 32 min Night 12 h 28 min Civil twilight 7:05 AM – 7:24 PM
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Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
8 codes are used to address mail in Cape Coral.
Time in Cape Coral is measured by America/New_York, at UTC−4. Whether clocks are moved for summer: Yes.
Today's sun rises in Cape Coral at 7:29 AM, then sets at 7:00 PM. The day offers 11 h 32 min of daylight.
Mcgregor and Caloosahatchee (historical), both nearby, hold the same time as Cape Coral.