Rochester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.6806, -83.1338
- Elevation
- 229 m above sea level
- Population
- 12 993
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 664 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rochester, Michigan, United States
This page keeps the current time in Rochester, Michigan, United States, according to the America/Detroit zone (−4).
Rochester, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Detroit
Local time in Rochester
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Rochester.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:06 AM Solar noon 1:17 PM Sunset 6:28 PM Daylight 10 h 22 min Night 13 h 38 min Civil twilight 7:37 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in Rochester right now
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Rochester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02770
- 03839
- 03866
- 03867
- 03868
- 05767
- 14602
- 14603
- 14604
- 14605
- 14606
- 14607
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 Rochester
- Rochester New York, United States
- Rochester Minnesota, United States
- Rochester New Hampshire, United States
- Rochester England, United Kingdom
- Rochester Indiana, United States
Same time zone — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Stony Creek — 2.5 km
- Rochester Hills — 2.8 km
- Yates — 3.2 km
- Dequindre Estates Mobile Home Park — 4.8 km
- Goodison — 6.3 km
- Mount Vernon — 7.8 km
Rochester: clock, sun and surroundings
Across Rochester, 12 postal codes are recorded.
Local time in Rochester comes from the America/Detroit zone, UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 8:06 AM in Rochester today and sunset at 6:28 PM. That marks 10 h 22 min of daylight.
Nearby Stony Creek and Rochester Hills need no separate clock from Rochester.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is used in Rochester?
- The time zone used in Rochester is America/Detroit, with an offset of −4.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Rochester?
- Yes.
- Sunset in Rochester is at what time?
- At 6:28 PM.