§ 01US · North America
Houston
United States
Houston runs on US Central Time, UTC−6 in winter and UTC−5 in summer. Home to the US energy sector, its hours track both the New York open and global oil markets. It sits one hour behind the East Coast and observes daylight saving along with most of the country.
Houston · 1 Hz pulse
§ 02Day & business hours
Solar arc · UTC11h 28m of light
Sunrise
12:22 UTC
Solar noon
18:06 UTC
Sunset
23:50 UTC
Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into America/Chicago.
Local solar times
- Sunrise
- 07:22
- Solar noon
- 13:06
- Sunset
- 18:50
- Day length
- 11h 28m
Conventional business hours
09:00—17:00
Approximate local convention; individual organisations vary significantly.
§ 03Conditions · live
Current
weather.
Live reading from Apple Weather, cached one hour at the edge. Temperature in °C, wind in km/h.
Conditions · liveNight
+23°C
Partly cloudy
Feels like
23°
Wind
8 km/h NNE
Humidity
95%
Pressure
1,018 mb
UV index · 0Visibility · 16 km
Weather · Apple Weather§ 04Time zone & daylight saving
The facts, computed.
Read live from the IANA time-zone database — never hand-typed, so it can't go stale.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time (CDT)
- UTC offset
- UTC−05:00
- IANA identifier
- America/Chicago
- Daylight saving (2026)
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 8 and back around November 1.
§ 05Time difference from major cities
London−6 h
New York−1 h
Tokyo−14 h
Dubai−9 h
Singapore−13 h
Sydney−16 h
Hours are Houston's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.
§ 06Frequently asked
- What time zone is Houston in?
- Houston is in the Central Daylight Time zone (CDT), currently UTC−05:00.
- Does Houston observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 8 and back around November 1.
- What is Houston's UTC offset right now?
- Houston is currently UTC−05:00 (CDT).
- What is the time difference between Houston and London?
- Houston is 6 hours behind London right now.
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