United States
Time now in Brownsville
Thursday, 27 August 2026
Sunrise 06:10Sunset 07:23Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
836
Sunrise
06:10
Sunset
07:23
Day length
13h 13m
Coordinates
37.20, -86.27
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About the time in Brownsville
Brownsville runs on America/Chicago, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Brownsville day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 14:00–22:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Around 836 people live in Brownsville, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Frequently asked questions about time in Brownsville
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Chicago, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Does Brownsville change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 1 November 2026.
- What time is it in Brownsville right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Brownsville, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- Which time zone is Brownsville in?
- Brownsville uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
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