What time is it in Madison, Wisconsin?

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

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Madison it is highest at 12:49 pm today — 49 minutes after clock noon.

At 89.4°W, Madison 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.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Madison, and the day is getting shorter by 3 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.