Local time · Madison
What time is it in Madison, Wisconsin?
3:49:28AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 285,300
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Madison
Madison is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Madison sits at 43.09°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 Madison.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Madison it is highest at 11:41 am today — 19 minutes before clock noon.
At 89.4°W, Madison sits almost exactly on Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.
Daylight in Madison today
- Sunrise
- 6:48 am
- Sunset
- 4:35 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 48 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 22 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 48 minutes in Madison, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 23 minutes, from 15 hours 22 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 59 minutes in December.
At 43.1°N that puts Madison between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.