United States
Time now in Houston
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:37Sunset 07:49Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
169
Sunrise
06:37
Sunset
07:49
Day length
13h 11m
Coordinates
35.03, -92.69
Time difference from Houston
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Houston right now.
Houston on the map
About the time in Houston
Sunrise today lands at 06:37 and sunset at 07:49 local time, giving 13h 11m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (35.03, -92.69) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Houston.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Houston 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.
Houston 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Houston
- Which time zone is Houston in?
- Houston uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
- When do the sun rise and set in Houston today?
- Sunrise is at 06:37 and sunset at 07:49, giving 13h 11m of daylight.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Houston?
- Houston is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Houston right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Houston, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
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