Battle Creek in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3173, -85.1782
- Elevation
- 255 m above sea level
- Population
- 51 589
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 785 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
The present local time in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States is given below, for the America/Detroit time zone (−5).
Battle Creek, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Detroit
Local time in Battle Creek
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Battle Creek keeps America/Detroit clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:25 PM Sunset 5:35 PM Daylight 10 h 18 min Night 13 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:47 AM – 6:04 PM
Weather in Battle Creek right now
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Battle Creek and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 49014
- 49015
- 49016
- 49017
- 49018
- 49037
- 51006
- 68715
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 Michigan
- Detroit 645 705
- Grand Rapids 195 097
- Warren 134 056
- Sterling Heights 132 052
- Ann Arbor 117 070
- Lansing 112 644
Other places named Battle Creek
- Battle Creek Nebraska, United States
- Battle Creek Iowa, United States
- Battle Creek Saskatchewan, Canada
- Battle Creek Colorado, United States
- Battle Creek South Carolina, United States
Same time zone — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Sunrise Heights — 2.1 km
- Baker Village Mobile Home Park — 2.2 km
- Verona Park — 2.4 km
- Orchard Park — 2.7 km
- Avonwood Village Mobile Home Park — 2.8 km
- Brownlee Park — 2.9 km
Local time details for Battle Creek
Battle Creek is covered by 8 postal codes.
Battle Creek reads its time from America/Detroit, placed at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is observed: No.
Sunrise at Battle Creek today happens at 7:16 AM, sunset at 5:35 PM. The two are 10 h 18 min apart.
You will find the same time in Sunrise Heights and Baker Village Mobile Home Park, both near Battle Creek.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Battle Creek based on?
- The clock in Battle Creek is based on America/Detroit, with an offset of −5.
- Does Battle Creek observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Battle Creek?
- Sunrise is at 7:16 AM and sunset at 5:35 PM.