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Time in Rhode Island, United States now

16:28:46

Sunday, May 17, 2026

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Sun: ↑ 05:24 ↓ 20:01 (14h 37m) - More info - Make Rhode Island time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Rhode Island

UTC -4

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST)
The IANA time zone identifier for Rhode Island is America/New_York.

Sunday March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Time difference
from Rhode Island

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+1 hours
UTC	+4 hours
Lagos	+5 hours
London	+5 hours
Johannesburg	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Istanbul	+7 hours
Moscow	+7 hours
Dubai	+8 hours
Mumbai	+9.5 hours
Hong Kong	+12 hours
Shanghai	+12 hours
Singapore	+12 hours
Tokyo	+13 hours
Sydney	+14 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Rhode Island

Sunrise: 05:24
Sunset: 20:01
Day length: 14h 37m
Solar noon: 12:42
The current local time in Rhode Island is 42 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Rhode Island on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 41.75. Longitude: -71.50
Population: 1,112,000
Elevation: 70 m

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Annual average temperatures
for Rhode Island 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.