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What time is it in Germantown, Wisconsin?

7:55:03 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
21,032

Daylight saving in Germantown

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

Germantown sits at 43.23°N, 88.12°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Germantown.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Germantown it is highest at 12:44 pm today — 44 minutes after clock noon.

At 88.1°W, Germantown sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Daylight in Germantown today

Sunrise
6:43 am
Sunset
6:44 pm
Day length
12 hours 1 minute
Longest day
15 hours 23 minutes

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Germantown, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 25 minutes, from 15 hours 23 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 58 minutes in December.

At 43.2°N that puts Germantown between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.