Local time · Houston
What time is it in Houston, Texas?
3:49:13AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 2,390,125
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Houston
Houston is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Houston sits at 29.79°N, 95.39°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Houston.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Houston it is highest at 12:05 pm today — 5 minutes after clock noon.
At 95.4°W, Houston sits 22 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 22 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Houston today
- Sunrise
- 6:44 am
- Sunset
- 5:26 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 42 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 4 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 42 minutes in Houston, and the day is getting shorter by 1 minute a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 50 minutes, from 14 hours 4 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 14 minutes in December.
At 29.8°N that puts Houston between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.