What time is it in Madison, Alabama?
7:03:50 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 64,029
Daylight saving in Madison
Madison is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Madison sits at 34.71°N, 86.76°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Madison.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Madison it is highest at 12:38 pm today — 38 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.8°W, Madison sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Madison today
- Sunrise
- 6:37 am
- Sunset
- 6:39 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 29 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Madison, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 40 minutes, from 14 hours 29 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 49 minutes in December.
At 34.7°N that puts Madison between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.