Big Rapids in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.6981, -85.4837
- Elevation
- 284 m above sea level
- Population
- 10 397
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 884 km away
What time is it in Big Rapids, Michigan, United States
Current local time for Big Rapids, Michigan, United States is listed here, in the America/Detroit time zone (−5).
Big Rapids, United States
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Detroit
Local time in Big Rapids
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Big Rapids keeps America/Detroit clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:25 AM Solar noon 12:27 PM Sunset 5:28 PM Daylight 10 h 03 min Night 13 h 57 min Civil twilight 6:55 AM – 5:58 PM
Weather in Big Rapids right now
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Big Rapids and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 49307
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
Same time zone — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Big Rapids Mobile Home Court — 1.5 km
- College Park Mobile Village — 1.7 km
- Forest Hills Mobile Home Park — 2.5 km
- Havenview Mobile Home Court — 4.4 km
- Circle Drive Mobile Home Park — 6.2 km
- Paris — 8.5 km
Time and daylight in Big Rapids
The postal breakdown of Big Rapids runs to 1 codes.
The zone applied in Big Rapids is America/Detroit with offset UTC−5. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Today in Big Rapids, daylight opens at 7:25 AM and closes at 5:28 PM. That span measures 10 h 03 min.
Big Rapids Mobile Home Court and College Park Mobile Village sit close to Big Rapids and run on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Big Rapids?
- The correct time zone for Big Rapids is America/Detroit, with an offset of −5.
- Is summer time in effect in Big Rapids at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Big Rapids: No.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Big Rapids.
- The sunset hour is 5:28 PM.