What time is it in Meridian, Idaho?
6:54:55 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Mountain Daylight Time, UTC−6:00.
- Time zone
- Mountain Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−6:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 139,740
Daylight saving in Meridian
Meridian is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Meridian sits at 43.61°N, 116.40°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Meridian.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Mountain Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Meridian it is highest at 1:37 pm today — 97 minutes after clock noon.
At 116.4°W, Meridian sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Meridian today
- Sunrise
- 7:36 am
- Sunset
- 7:37 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 26 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Meridian, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 30 minutes, from 15 hours 26 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 56 minutes in December.
At 43.6°N that puts Meridian between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.