Local time · Jackson
What time is it in Jackson, Mississippi?
3:49:21AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 141,449
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Jackson
Jackson is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Jackson sits at 32.32°N, 90.21°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Jackson.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Jackson it is highest at 11:45 am today — 15 minutes before clock noon.
At 90.2°W, Jackson 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 Jackson today
- Sunrise
- 6:28 am
- Sunset
- 5:01 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 33 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 16 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 33 minutes in Jackson, and the day is getting shorter by 1 minute a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 15 minutes, from 14 hours 16 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 2 minutes in December.
At 32.3°N that puts Jackson between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.