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What time is it in Akron, Ohio, United States

The reading below is the local time in Akron, Ohio, United States, taken from the America/New_York zone (−4).

Akron, United States

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC−4 · America/New_York

Local time in Akron

UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active

Akron keeps America/New_York time.

The sun today

Sunrise 06:57 Solar noon 13:26 Sunset 19:56 Daylight 12 h 59 min Night 11 h 01 min Civil twilight 06:29 – 20:24

Weather in Akron right now

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Akron and its neighbours

South Akron North Akron Cranmer Cuyahoga Falls Tallmadge Sawyerwood Portage Lakes Fairlawn Akron
Akron at 41.0814, -81.5190 with the nearest towns within 9.2 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Akron in numbers

Coordinates
41.0814, -81.5190
Population
197 542
Region
Ohio
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 453 km away
Same name
15 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Ohio

Other places named Akron

Same time zone — America/New_York

Nearby places

Local time details for Akron

Akron has 12 postal codes in total.

Akron is placed in America/New_York, and its offset from UTC is −4. Daylight saving observed here: Yes.

Today in Akron, daylight opens at 06:57 and closes at 19:56. That span measures 12 h 59 min.

Places close to Akron, among them South Akron and West Akron, share its time.

Questions and answers
What is the time zone for Akron?
The time zone for Akron is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
Are seasonal time changes observed in Akron?
Yes.
Both sunrise and sunset in Akron — what times?
06:57 and 19:56.

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