What time is it in Jefferson City, Missouri?
7:55:41 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 42,564
Daylight saving in Jefferson City
Jefferson City is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Jefferson City sits at 38.57°N, 92.18°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Jefferson City.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Jefferson City it is highest at 1:00 pm today — 60 minutes after clock noon.
At 92.2°W, Jefferson City 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 Jefferson City today
- Sunrise
- 6:59 am
- Sunset
- 7:01 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 52 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Jefferson City, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 24 minutes, from 14 hours 52 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 28 minutes in December.
At 38.6°N that puts Jefferson City between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.