Current time in Savannah, GA
Eastern Time UTC−5 · IANA zone America/New_York
Time zone details
| Time zone | Eastern Time (ET) |
|---|---|
| Standard time | EST, UTC−5 (early Nov – mid Mar) |
| Daylight time | EDT, UTC−4 (mid Mar – early Nov) |
| DST clock change | Forward 1 h, 2nd Sunday of March · Back 1 h, 1st Sunday of November |
| Sunrise today | — |
| Sunset today | — |
| Day length | — |
| Coordinates | 32.08° N, 81.09° W |
Time difference from Savannah
| City | Local time now |
|---|---|
| Chicago | −1 h |
| Denver | −2 h |
| Phoenix | −2 / −3 h |
| Los Angeles | −3 h |
| Anchorage | −4 h |
| Honolulu | −5 / −6 h |
Savannah keeps the same time as Charleston up the coast, Jacksonville down it, and all of the Eastern Time Zone.
About time in Savannah
Savannah, founded in 1733 as Georgia's first city, is the seat of Chatham County at the mouth of the Savannah River. The Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal — the largest single container terminal in North America — schedules its vessel calls, truck gates, and rail cuts in Eastern Time.
The river downstream of the city forms the Georgia–South Carolina line, but both banks tick together: the ET/CT boundary relevant to Savannah shippers is far away, at the Alabama line on the road west and near the Apalachicola River for Florida's Gulf coast.
At 32.1° N Savannah's daylight swing is one of the smaller ones on the Atlantic seaboard — about 10 hours at the December solstice and 14¼ hours in late June — while the 81.1° W longitude holds solar noon about 24 minutes behind clock noon.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Savannah in?
Savannah, Georgia is in the Eastern Time Zone (ET) — EST (UTC−5) during standard time and EDT (UTC−4) from the second Sunday of March until the first Sunday of November.
How far ahead is Savannah of Los Angeles?
Savannah runs 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles the entire year; both zones adopt and drop daylight saving time on the same two Sundays. See the EST to PST chart.
Does Savannah change clocks for daylight saving time?
Yes. Savannah turns clocks forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday of March and back one hour at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday of November — March 8 and November 1 in 2026. Full dates on the DST page.