Clarkston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.7086, -83.4397
- Elevation
- 304 m above sea level
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 685 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Clarkston, Michigan, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Clarkston, Michigan, United States, which uses America/Detroit (−5).
Clarkston, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Detroit
Local time in Clarkston
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Clarkston.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:18 PM Sunset 5:24 PM Daylight 10 h 12 min Night 13 h 48 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 5:54 PM
Weather in Clarkston right now
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Clarkston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30021
- 48346
- 48347
- 48348
- 84305
- 99403
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 Clarkston
- Clarkston Georgia, United States
- Clarkston Scotland, United Kingdom
- Clarkston Washington, United States
- Clarkston Michigan, United States
- Clarkston Utah, United States
Same time zone — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Waterford — 2.9 km
- Clarkston — 3.5 km
- Andersonville — 4.9 km
- Springfield — 5.3 km
- Drayton Plains — 5.8 km
- Jossman Acres — 6.7 km
Clarkston: clock, sun and surroundings
The local time of Clarkston is shared by neighbouring Waterford and Clarkston.
Postal codes tied to Clarkston number 6.
Clarkston belongs to the America/Detroit zone, placing local clocks at UTC−5. Summer time adjustment: No.
Daylight in Clarkston today runs from 7:12 AM to 5:24 PM. The stretch measures 10 h 12 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Clarkston?
- In Clarkston, the applicable time zone is America/Detroit, with an offset of −5.
- Does Clarkston run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Clarkston: No.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Clarkston?
- At 7:12 AM.