Highlands County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 27.3434, -81.3410
- Region
- Florida
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1345 km away
What time is it in Highlands County, Florida, United States
The time now in Highlands County, Florida, United States is shown here, following the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Highlands County, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Highlands County
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Highlands County, Florida.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:35 AM Solar noon 1:10 PM Sunset 6:45 PM Daylight 11 h 09 min Night 12 h 51 min Civil twilight 7:11 AM – 7:09 PM
Weather in Highlands County right now
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Highlands County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 33852 Lake Placid — 5.9 km away
- 33862 Lake Placid — 6.0 km away
- 33876 Sebring — 9.5 km away
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
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
- Sylvan Shores — 2.8 km
- Sylvan Shores — 2.9 km
- Tropical Harbor Estates Mobile Home Park — 2.9 km
- Crawfords Trailer Park — 3.3 km
- Lake Gardens Mobile Home Park — 4.5 km
- Paradise Mobile Village — 4.8 km
About the time in Highlands County
Highlands County carries 3 postal codes.
Hours in Highlands County are kept by America/New_York, standing at UTC−4. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Sunrise today in Highlands County lands at 7:35 AM; sunset lands at 6:45 PM. That is 11 h 09 min of light.
Travelling from Highlands County to Sylvan Shores or Sylvan Shores does not change the hour.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Highlands County?
- Highlands County is in America/New_York, which has an offset of −4.
- Does the clock in Highlands County move for summer time?
- Yes.
- How early does the sun rise in Highlands County?
- The first sunlight comes at 7:35 AM.