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Grand Rapids

UTC−4

United States · EDT

Summer
20:44:52Live

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:06↓ 21:2424:00
Sunrise
06:06
Sunset
21:24
Daylight
15.3hrs
Population
200K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Grand Rapids, United States runs on UTC−4. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. Grand Rapids and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Grand Rapids lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Grand Rapids and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Grand Rapids lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Grand Rapids and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Toronto, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Grand Rapids.

Practical Info

Grand Rapids (United States) is home to roughly 200K people. Today brings about 15.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 21:24. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 43° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

United States

United States

Capital

Washington, D.C.

Continent

North America

Time Zone

EDT · America/New_York

Coordinates

42.96°N, 85.67°W

Currency

USD ($)

Calling Code

+1

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

English

Measurement System

Imperial

Did You Know?

An Art Competition With a Public Jury

ArtPrize, launched in 2009, turns Grand Rapids into an open gallery each autumn and awards one of the largest art prizes in the world partly by public vote — anyone can enter, anyone can vote.

The clock: Grand Rapids keeps Eastern Time. It was the first city in the United States to fluoridate its water supply, in 1945.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

2h overlap
Grand RapidsUTC−4
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824