Local time · Omaha
What time is it in Omaha, Nebraska?
3:49:02AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 489,265
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Omaha
Omaha is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Omaha sits at 41.26°N, 96.05°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Omaha.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Omaha it is highest at 12:08 pm today — 8 minutes after clock noon.
At 96.1°W, Omaha sits 24 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 24 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Omaha today
- Sunrise
- 7:10 am
- Sunset
- 5:06 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 56 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 9 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 56 minutes in Omaha, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 58 minutes, from 15 hours 9 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 12 minutes in December.
At 41.3°N that puts Omaha between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.