What time is it in Fitchburg, Wisconsin?
7:55:04 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 34,357
Daylight saving in Fitchburg
Fitchburg is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Fitchburg sits at 42.99°N, 89.43°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Fitchburg.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Fitchburg it is highest at 12:49 pm today — 49 minutes after clock noon.
At 89.4°W, Fitchburg 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 Fitchburg today
- Sunrise
- 6:48 am
- Sunset
- 6:49 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 22 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Fitchburg, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 21 minutes, from 15 hours 22 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours in December.
At 43.0°N that puts Fitchburg between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.