Gainesville in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.6516, -82.3248
- Population
- 145 214
- Region
- Florida
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1136 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gainesville, Florida, United States
Current local time for Gainesville, Florida, United States is listed here, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Gainesville, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Gainesville
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Gainesville keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 1:14 PM Sunset 6:48 PM Daylight 11 h 07 min Night 12 h 53 min Civil twilight 7:16 AM – 7:12 PM
Weather in Gainesville right now
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Gainesville and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 14066
- 20155
- 20156
- 30501
- 30503
- 30504
- 30506
- 30507
- 32601
- 32602
- 32603
- 32604
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.
Largest cities in Florida
- Jacksonville 1 009 833
- Miami 487 014
- Tampa 414 547
- Orlando 334 854
- St. Petersburg 257 083
- Hialeah 237 069
Other places named Gainesville
- Gainesville Georgia, United States
- Gainesville Texas, United States
- Gainesville Virginia, United States
- Gainesville Missouri, United States
- Gainesville New York, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Duckpond — 0.6 km
- Northeast Neighbors — 1.3 km
- Lincoln Estates — 2.6 km
- Ideal Trailer Park — 3.5 km
- Alachua County — 4.1 km
- Hillcrest Mobile Home Park — 4.2 km
Gainesville: clock, sun and surroundings
Today the day starts in Gainesville at 7:41 AM with sunrise and ends at 6:48 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 11 h 07 min.
Nearby, Duckpond and Northeast Neighbors go by the same clock as Gainesville.
Gainesville is served by a set of 12 postal codes.
Clocks in Gainesville follow America/New_York, an offset of UTC−4 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Gainesville?
- In Gainesville, the applicable time zone is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Gainesville?
- Daylight saving time in Gainesville: Yes.
- When does light arrive in Gainesville?
- Light arrives at 7:41 AM.