What time is it in Helena, Montana?

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

Helena sits at 46.60°N, 112.02°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Helena.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Mountain Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Helena it is highest at 1:19 pm today — 79 minutes after clock noon.

At 112.0°W, Helena 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 in Helena, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 7 hours 17 minutes, from 15 hours 50 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 34 minutes in December.

At 46.6°N that puts Helena between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.