Lake Wales in numbers
- Coordinates
- 27.9196, -81.5969
- Population
- 15 541
- Region
- Florida
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1291 km away
What time is it in Lake Wales, Florida, United States
This page shows the time as it is now in Lake Wales, Florida, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Lake Wales, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Lake Wales
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Lake Wales, Florida.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 12:11 PM Sunset 5:39 PM Daylight 10 h 55 min Night 13 h 05 min Civil twilight 6:19 AM – 6:03 PM
Weather in Lake Wales right now
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Lake Wales and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 33853
- 33859
- 33898
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
- Floritan — 3.3 km
- Mountain Lake Station — 3.4 km
- Lake of the Hills — 4.0 km
- West Scenic Park — 4.5 km
- Chelette Manor Mobile Home Park — 5.0 km
- West Lake Wales — 5.9 km
About the time in Lake Wales
Lake Wales keeps the America/New_York zone, which is UTC−5. Whether summer time is observed: No.
Sunrise reaches Lake Wales at 6:44 AM, and the sun sets at 5:39 PM. Light lasts 10 h 55 min.
Floritan and Mountain Lake Station are near Lake Wales and do not differ from it in time.
Mail delivery in Lake Wales relies on 3 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Lake Wales?
- The clock in Lake Wales follows America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Lake Wales change with daylight saving?
- No.
- What time is sunset in Lake Wales?
- It is 5:39 PM.