Local time · Meridian
What time is it in Meridian, Idaho?
2:50:19AM
- Time zone
- MST
- America/Boise
- UTC offset
- −7:00
- Standard is −7:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 139,740
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Meridian
Meridian is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 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 Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Meridian it is highest at 12:29 pm today — 29 minutes after clock noon.
At 116.4°W, Meridian sits 46 minutes of solar time west of Mountain Standard Time’s 105° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 46 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Meridian today
- Sunrise
- 7:37 am
- Sunset
- 5:22 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 45 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 26 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 45 minutes in Meridian, and the day is getting shorter by 2 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.