Local time · Burlington
What time is it in Burlington, Iowa?
3:49:49AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 23,637
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Burlington
Burlington is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Burlington sits at 40.81°N, 91.12°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Burlington.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Burlington it is highest at 11:48 am today — 12 minutes before clock noon.
At 91.1°W, Burlington sits almost exactly on Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.
Daylight in Burlington today
- Sunrise
- 6:49 am
- Sunset
- 4:47 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 58 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 6 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 58 minutes in Burlington, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 52 minutes, from 15 hours 6 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 14 minutes in December.
At 40.8°N that puts Burlington between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.