Franklin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.5223, -83.3060
- Elevation
- 255 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 237
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 664 km away
- Same name
- 71 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Franklin, Michigan, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Franklin, Michigan, United States, in the America/Detroit zone (−4).
Franklin, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Detroit
Local time in Franklin
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Franklin keeps America/Detroit clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:48 AM Solar noon 1:20 PM Sunset 6:51 PM Daylight 11 h 03 min Night 12 h 57 min Civil twilight 7:20 AM – 7:20 PM
Weather in Franklin right now
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Franklin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02038
- 03235
- 04634
- 05457
- 07416
- 13775
- 16323
- 23851
- 26807
- 28734
- 28744
- 30217
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 Franklin
- Franklin Tennessee, United States
- Franklin Wisconsin, United States
- Franklin Massachusetts, United States
- Franklin Indiana, United States
- Franklin Ohio, United States
Same time zone — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Wood Creek Farms — 2.5 km
- Bingham Farms — 2.8 km
- Edgemont, Southfield — 5.3 km
- Briarwood Senior Housing — 5.5 km
- North Farmington — 6.1 km
- Bloomfield — 6.2 km
Time and daylight in Franklin
Sunrise reaches Franklin at 7:48 AM, and the sun sets at 6:51 PM. Light lasts 11 h 03 min.
The hours shown for Franklin apply equally in Wood Creek Farms and Bingham Farms.
Records show 12 postal codes for Franklin.
Clocks across Franklin run on America/Detroit at UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Franklin?
- The designation used for Franklin is America/Detroit, with an offset of −4.
- Do people in Franklin set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Franklin: Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Franklin?
- Today the sun rises at 7:48 AM.