What time is it in Oxford, Mississippi?

Oxford is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Oxford sits at 34.35°N, 89.54°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Oxford.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Oxford it is highest at 12:49 pm today — 49 minutes after clock noon.

At 89.5°W, Oxford 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.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Oxford, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 36 minutes, from 14 hours 27 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 51 minutes in December.

At 34.4°N that puts Oxford between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.