Traverse City in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.7631, -85.6206
- Population
- 15 218
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 964 km away
What time is it in Traverse City, Michigan, United States
This page reports the local time in Traverse City, Michigan, United States, set by the America/Detroit time zone (−4).
Traverse City, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Detroit
Local time in Traverse City
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Traverse City keeps America/Detroit clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:00 AM Solar noon 1:29 PM Sunset 6:58 PM Daylight 10 h 58 min Night 13 h 02 min Civil twilight 7:31 AM – 7:28 PM
Weather in Traverse City right now
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Traverse City and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 49684
- 49685
- 49686
- 49696
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
- Greilickville — 2.6 km
- Town And Country Mobile Village — 2.8 km
- Brookside — 3.1 km
- King's Court Mobile Home Park — 4.0 km
- Cherry Bend — 4.0 km
- Cherryland Mobile Home Park — 4.2 km
Local time details for Traverse City
Local clocks in Traverse City answer to America/Detroit, set UTC−4 from UTC. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun comes up over Traverse City at 8:00 AM today and drops below the horizon at 6:58 PM. That is 10 h 58 min between the two.
The hour in Traverse City is the hour in Greilickville and Town And Country Mobile Village as well.
The postal system lists 4 codes for Traverse City.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Traverse City based on America/Detroit?
- Yes, local time in Traverse City is based on America/Detroit, with an offset of −4.
- Does Traverse City change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Traverse City: Yes.
- What time does the day end in Traverse City?
- The sun sets at 6:58 PM.