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What time is it in Alamogordo, New Mexico?

6:05:17 AM

Friday, September 25, 2026. Mountain Daylight Time, UTC−6:00.

Time zone
Mountain Daylight Time
UTC offset
UTC−6:00
Daylight saving
In force now
Population
31,667

Daylight saving in Alamogordo

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

Alamogordo sits at 32.88°N, 105.96°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Alamogordo.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Mountain Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Alamogordo it is highest at 12:55 pm today — 55 minutes after clock noon.

At 106.0°W, Alamogordo 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 Alamogordo today

Sunrise
6:54 am
Sunset
6:56 pm
Day length
12 hours 2 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 19 minutes

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Alamogordo, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 20 minutes, from 14 hours 19 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 59 minutes in December.

At 32.9°N that puts Alamogordo between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.