East Lansing in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.7370, -84.4839
- Population
- 48 471
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 758 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
See the local time in East Lansing, Michigan, United States right now, measured in the America/Detroit time zone (−4).
East Lansing, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Detroit
Local time in East Lansing
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in East Lansing, Michigan.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:53 AM Solar noon 1:24 PM Sunset 6:56 PM Daylight 11 h 03 min Night 12 h 57 min Civil twilight 7:25 AM – 7:24 PM
Weather in East Lansing right now
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East Lansing and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 48823
- 48824
- 48825
- 48826
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 East Lansing
- East Lansing New York, United States
Same time zone — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Okemos — 4.9 km
- Cadgewith Farms Mobile Home Park — 5.5 km
- Lansing — 5.9 km
- Oak Island Mobile Home Park — 6.0 km
- Kristana Mobile Home Park — 6.0 km
- Rotunda Mobile Home Park — 6.0 km
About the time in East Lansing
Postal coverage of East Lansing comes to 4 codes.
The zone that governs East Lansing is America/Detroit at UTC−4. Whether the clocks move seasonally: Yes.
Daylight in East Lansing today runs from 7:53 AM to 6:56 PM. The stretch measures 11 h 03 min.
You will find the same time in Okemos and Cadgewith Farms Mobile Home Park, both near East Lansing.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of East Lansing be stated?
- It should be stated as America/Detroit, with an offset of −4.
- Does daylight saving time apply in East Lansing?
- Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in East Lansing?
- Today the sun rises at 7:53 AM.