Current time in Miami

United States · UTC-5/UTC-4

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America/New_York

UTC offset

UTC-5/UTC-4

Daylight Saving

Yes — observed

Time zone ID

America/New_York

Business hours

9:00 AM – 5:30 PM ET (Monday–Friday)

About Miami's time zone

Miami operates on Eastern Time (ET), using EST (UTC-5) in winter and EDT (UTC-4) during daylight saving from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. As the unofficial capital of Latin America and the US gateway to South America, Miami's Eastern Time zone creates a unique position: it's on the same clock as New York and Toronto, but only 1-2 hours ahead of most of South America. This makes Miami the natural financial bridge between the US and Latin American markets.

Best time to call Miami

Calling from	Recommended window
London	2:00 PM – 11:00 PM GMT
São Paulo	10:00 AM – 7:00 PM BRT
Bogotá	9:00 AM – 6:00 PM COT
Mexico City	8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST

Did you know? Miami is the only major US city where a majority of residents speak a language other than English at home — Spanish, primarily from Cuban, Venezuelan, Colombian, and other Latin American communities. This linguistic bridge combined with the ET time zone makes Miami the de facto hub for US-Latin America business: companies often locate their Latin American headquarters here to maintain synchrony with both New York and Bogotá.

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