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What time is it in Gallup, New Mexico?

6:04:42 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
20,339

Daylight saving in Gallup

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

Gallup sits at 35.51°N, 108.74°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Gallup.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Mountain Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Gallup it is highest at 1:06 pm today — 66 minutes after clock noon.

At 108.7°W, Gallup 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 Gallup today

Sunrise
7:05 am
Sunset
7:07 pm
Day length
12 hours 2 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 34 minutes

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Gallup, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 48 minutes, from 14 hours 34 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 45 minutes in December.

At 35.5°N that puts Gallup between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.