What time is it in Hobbs, New Mexico?
6:05:04 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
- 41,061
Daylight saving in Hobbs
Hobbs is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Hobbs sits at 32.73°N, 103.16°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Hobbs.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Mountain Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Hobbs it is highest at 12:44 pm today — 44 minutes after clock noon.
At 103.2°W, Hobbs sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Hobbs today
- Sunrise
- 6:43 am
- Sunset
- 6:45 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 18 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Hobbs, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 19 minutes, from 14 hours 18 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours in December.
At 32.7°N that puts Hobbs between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.