What time is it in Appleton, Wisconsin?

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

Appleton sits at 44.28°N, 88.39°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Appleton.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Appleton it is highest at 12:45 pm today — 45 minutes after clock noon.

At 88.4°W, Appleton sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Appleton, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 40 minutes, from 15 hours 31 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 51 minutes in December.

At 44.3°N that puts Appleton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.