Miami

United States • Eastern Time

Time Zone

Miami uses Eastern Time (EST / EDT), currently running at UTC−5 (winter) / UTC−4 (summer). Clocks spring forward one hour in mid-March and fall back in early November.

Business & Commerce

Miami, Florida operates on Eastern Time (ET) — sharing its clock exactly with New York, Toronto, Boston, and Atlanta, with clocks advancing on the same DST schedule. Miami is the de facto capital of Latin American commerce in the United States, serving as the primary gateway for U.S. trade and investment with Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. The city's financial sector handles enormous flows of dollar transactions between the U.S. and Latin American markets, and its bilingual English/Spanish business culture is specifically shaped by this bridging role. Miami operates in direct synchrony with the Wall Street financial day, with no time difference from New York. Miami International Airport is one of the busiest in the United States for international freight, particularly to and from Latin American destinations, making Eastern Time the operational clock for a massive cross-hemisphere shipping and logistics network.