What time is it in Waukesha, Wisconsin?
7:05:23 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
- 71,461
Daylight saving in Waukesha
Waukesha is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Waukesha sits at 43.01°N, 88.25°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Waukesha.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Waukesha it is highest at 12:44 pm today — 44 minutes after clock noon.
At 88.2°W, Waukesha sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Waukesha today
- Sunrise
- 6:44 am
- Sunset
- 6:45 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 22 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Waukesha, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 22 minutes, from 15 hours 22 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours in December.
At 43.0°N that puts Waukesha between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.