Local time · Racine
What time is it in Racine, Wisconsin?
3:50:24AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 78,057
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Racine
Racine is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Racine sits at 42.73°N, 87.81°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Racine.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Racine it is highest at 11:35 am today — 25 minutes before clock noon.
At 87.8°W, Racine sits 9 minutes of solar time east of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 9 minutes before noon.
Daylight in Racine today
- Sunrise
- 6:40 am
- Sunset
- 4:30 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 49 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 20 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 49 minutes in Racine, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 18 minutes, from 15 hours 20 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 2 minutes in December.
At 42.7°N that puts Racine between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.