diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/services/router-bandit.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/services/router-bandit.test.ts
index 87ed6d499..0a25c4d5e 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/services/router-bandit.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/services/router-bandit.test.ts
@@ -211,18 +211,27 @@ describe('bandit router', () => {
   });
 
   it('getRoutingScores returns a per-axis breakdown ranked by score', () => {
-    addModel({ platform: 'google', modelId: 'm1', name: 'M1', intelligenceRank: 1, sizeLabel: 'Frontier', budget: '~50M', priority: 1 });
-    addHistory('google', 'm1', { successes: 30, failures: 0, outTokens: 500, latencyMs: 1000, ttfbMs: 200 });
-    setRoutingStrategy('balanced');
-    refreshStatsCache(getDb(), true);
-    const { strategy, weights, scores } = getRoutingScores();
-    expect(strategy).toBe('balanced');
-    expect(weights).toEqual({ reliability: 0.5, speed: 0.25, intelligence: 0.25 });
-    expect(scores).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(scores[0]).toMatchObject({ modelId: 'm1', enabled: true });
-    expect(scores[0].reliability).toBeGreaterThan(0.9);
-    expect(scores[0].score).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    expect(scores[0].score).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+    // The time-of-day adjustment (#760) rewrites bandit weights during local
+    // peak hours (18:00–06:00), so pin the clock to off-peak noon to make the
+    // balanced-preset assertion deterministic regardless of when CI runs.
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-01-15T12:00:00'));
+    try {
+      addModel({ platform: 'google', modelId: 'm1', name: 'M1', intelligenceRank: 1, sizeLabel: 'Frontier', budget: '~50M', priority: 1 });
+      addHistory('google', 'm1', { successes: 30, failures: 0, outTokens: 500, latencyMs: 1000, ttfbMs: 200 });
+      setRoutingStrategy('balanced');
+      refreshStatsCache(getDb(), true);
+      const { strategy, weights, scores } = getRoutingScores();
+      expect(strategy).toBe('balanced');
+      expect(weights).toEqual({ reliability: 0.5, speed: 0.25, intelligence: 0.25 });
+      expect(scores).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(scores[0]).toMatchObject({ modelId: 'm1', enabled: true });
+      expect(scores[0].reliability).toBeGreaterThan(0.9);
+      expect(scores[0].score).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(scores[0].score).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
   });
 
   it('exploration toggle persists and defaults to off', () => {
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/services/scoring.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/services/scoring.test.ts
index e02ee5c51..ddbc89171 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/services/scoring.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/services/scoring.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   BANDIT_PRESETS, combineScore, speedScore, intelligenceScore, intelligenceComposite,
   headroomFactor, rateLimitFactor, sampleBeta, reliabilityPosterior,
   expectedReliability, SPEED_PRIOR, HEADROOM_FLOOR,
+  isPeakHours, timeOfDayWeights, PEAK_START_HOUR, PEAK_END_HOUR, PEAK_SPEED_TO_RELIABILITY,
 } from '../../services/scoring.js';
 
 describe('scoring: reliability posterior', () => {
@@ -201,3 +202,53 @@ describe('scoring: Beta sampler (Thompson exploration)', () => {
     expect(weakerWonAtLeastOnce).toBe(true);
   });
 });
+
+describe('scoring: time-of-day dynamic ranking (#760)', () => {
+  function at(hour: number, minute = 0): Date {
+    return new Date(2026, 7, 18, hour, minute); // local time, Aug 18
+  }
+
+  it('marks peak hours 18:00–06:00 (inclusive start, exclusive end)', () => {
+    expect(isPeakHours(at(PEAK_START_HOUR))).toBe(true);      // 18:00 → peak
+    expect(isPeakHours(at(23, 59))).toBe(true);               // late night → peak
+    expect(isPeakHours(at(0))).toBe(true);                    // midnight → peak
+    expect(isPeakHours(at(5, 59))).toBe(true);                // just before 06:00 → peak
+    expect(isPeakHours(at(PEAK_END_HOUR))).toBe(false);       // 06:00 → off-peak
+    expect(isPeakHours(at(12))).toBe(false);                  // noon → off-peak
+  });
+
+  it('keeps off-peak weights unchanged', () => {
+    const base = BANDIT_PRESETS.balanced;
+    expect(timeOfDayWeights(base, at(12))).toEqual(base);
+    expect(timeOfDayWeights(base, at(PEAK_END_HOUR))).toEqual(base);
+  });
+
+  it('shifts speed→reliability during peak hours, intelligence untouched', () => {
+    const base = BANDIT_PRESETS.balanced; // { reliability: 0.5, speed: 0.25, intelligence: 0.25 }
+    const peak = timeOfDayWeights(base, at(20));
+    const shift = base.speed * PEAK_SPEED_TO_RELIABILITY;
+    expect(peak.reliability).toBeCloseTo(base.reliability + shift, 5);
+    expect(peak.speed).toBeCloseTo(base.speed - shift, 5);
+    expect(peak.intelligence).toBe(base.intelligence);
+    // Weights still sum to 1.
+    expect(peak.reliability + peak.speed + peak.intelligence).toBeCloseTo(1, 5);
+  });
+
+  it('never returns a negative speed weight for any preset', () => {
+    for (const preset of Object.values(BANDIT_PRESETS)) {
+      const peak = timeOfDayWeights(preset, at(21));
+      expect(peak.speed).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+      expect(peak.reliability + peak.speed + peak.intelligence).toBeCloseTo(1, 5);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('defaults to the current wall-clock time', () => {
+    const now = new Date();
+    const base = BANDIT_PRESETS.balanced;
+    if (isPeakHours(now)) {
+      expect(timeOfDayWeights(base)).not.toEqual(base);
+    } else {
+      expect(timeOfDayWeights(base)).toEqual(base);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/server/src/services/router.ts b/server/src/services/router.ts
index 1063836d4..54fcb1356 100644
--- a/server/src/services/router.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/router.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   BANDIT_PRESETS, DEFAULT_STRATEGY, type RoutingStrategy, type RoutingWeights,
   reliabilityPosterior, expectedReliability, sampleBeta,
   speedScore, intelligenceScore, intelligenceComposite, headroomFactor, rateLimitFactor, combineScore,
+  timeOfDayWeights,
   observedSpeedRank, TIMEOUT_LATENCY_CAP_MS,
 } from './scoring.js';
 import { TIMEOUT_ERROR_MARKERS } from '../lib/error-classify.js';
@@ -512,7 +513,11 @@ export function setCommunityPriors(priors: CommunityPriorMap): number {
 function weightsFor(strategy: RoutingStrategy): RoutingWeights | null {
   if (strategy === 'priority') return null;
   if (strategy === 'custom') return getCustomWeights();
-  return BANDIT_PRESETS[strategy];
+  // Bandit presets get the time-of-day adjustment (#760): during local peak
+  // hours (18:00–06:00) free relays are congested, so speed weight is shifted
+  // onto reliability. priority/custom are the operator's explicit choice and
+  // are returned untouched.
+  return timeOfDayWeights(BANDIT_PRESETS[strategy]);
 }
 
 // ── Analytics stats cache (decay-weighted) ──────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/server/src/services/scoring.ts b/server/src/services/scoring.ts
index d17fe5201..0c5afb8b0 100644
--- a/server/src/services/scoring.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/scoring.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,35 @@ export const BANDIT_PRESETS: Record<Exclude<RoutingStrategy, 'priority' | 'custo
 // dashboard or PUT /api/fallback/routing.
 export const DEFAULT_STRATEGY: RoutingStrategy = 'balanced';
 
+// ── Time-of-day dynamic ranking (#760) ─────────────────────────────────────
+// Local peak hours (18:00–06:00): free relays are congested, so a model's raw
+// throughput is a weaker signal than its reliability. Shift part of the speed
+// weight onto reliability for bandit strategies; off-peak behaviour is
+// unchanged. Custom and priority strategies are the operator's explicit choice
+// and are never rewritten.
+export const PEAK_START_HOUR = 18;
+export const PEAK_END_HOUR = 6; // spans midnight: [18, 24) ∪ [0, 6)
+/** Fraction of the speed weight moved onto reliability during peak hours. */
+export const PEAK_SPEED_TO_RELIABILITY = 0.6;
+
+/** True when `now` (local time) falls inside the congested peak window. */
+export function isPeakHours(now = new Date()): boolean {
+  const h = now.getHours();
+  return h >= PEAK_START_HOUR || h < PEAK_END_HOUR;
+}
+
+/** Time-of-day adjusted weights: during peak hours move PEAK_SPEED_TO_RELIABILITY
+ *  of the speed weight onto reliability; otherwise return the base unchanged. */
+export function timeOfDayWeights(base: RoutingWeights, now = new Date()): RoutingWeights {
+  if (!isPeakHours(now)) return base;
+  const shift = base.speed * PEAK_SPEED_TO_RELIABILITY;
+  return {
+    reliability: base.reliability + shift,
+    speed: base.speed - shift,
+    intelligence: base.intelligence,
+  };
+}
+
 // ── Reliability ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Beta(1,1) prior = uniform: an unseen model is genuinely uncertain, not assumed
 // good or bad. With decay-weighted pseudo-counts the alpha/beta are continuous.