Fort Walton Beach time zone
Time zone14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to CDT (UTC-5) - in 124 days
Green shows daylight saving time. Dark marker: today.
United States has 8 distinct time zone rule groups. Fort Walton Beach uses Central Standard Time.
- EST · UTC-5New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and moreUses daylight saving time
- CST · UTC-6Illinois, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and moreUses daylight saving time
- MST · UTC-7Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah and moreUses daylight saving time
- MST · UTC-7ArizonaNo daylight saving time
- PST · UTC-8California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, IdahoUses daylight saving time
- UTC-9 · UTC-9AlaskaUses daylight saving time
- UTC-10 · UTC-10America/AdakUses daylight saving time
- UTC-10 · UTC-10HawaiiNo daylight saving time
Zones with matching offsets and clock changes over the next year are grouped together.
Time difference from Fort Walton Beach
Time differenceSun in Fort Walton Beach today
Daylight10h 43m today - 3h 24m less than the longest day and 0h 32m more than the shortest day.
Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.
About Fort Walton Beach
City facts- ⌖Region
- Florida
- ◉Population
- 21,817
- ☎Dialing code
- ¤Currency
- USD · Dollar
Public holidays in Florida
HolidaysVeterans Day
Wednesday · today
NationalThanksgiving Day
Thursday · in 15 days
NationalDay After Thanksgiving
Friday · in 16 days
FLlong weekendChristmas Day
Friday · in 44 days
Nationallong weekendNew Year’s Day
Friday · in 51 days
Nationallong weekend
Airports near Fort Walton Beach
Airports- VPS
↑ 12 km north-east
Same local time - DSI
↑ 14 km east
Same local time - PNS
↑ 55 km west
Same local time
Same time zone rules
Matching offsets and clock changes over the next year.
Same UTC offset right now
Pueblamatches until 14 Mar 2027
Tallahassee224 km · 1 h ahead - different daylight saving rules 
Havana913 km · 1 h ahead - different daylight saving rules Mérida1093 km · Same time - no DST
Common questions
Quick answers- 01What time zone is Fort Walton Beach in?
- Fort Walton Beach uses America/Chicago: CST (UTC-6).
- 02Does Fort Walton Beach have daylight saving time?
- 14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to CDT (UTC-5) - in 124 days
- 03What is the time difference between Fort Walton Beach and London?
- Fort Walton Beach is 6 h behind relative to London right now.
- 04What is a good time to call Fort Walton Beach from New York?
- A shared working-hours option: 16:00-17:00 in New York = 15:00-16:00 in Fort Walton Beach.
Time zones: IANA via Intl. Holidays: date-holidays. Sun calculations: SunCalc. City data: GeoNames. Airport data: OurAirports.
