United States · EDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
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
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?
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
Working Hours
2h overlap