United States
Time now in Jacksonville
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:29Sunset 07:55Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
149
Sunrise
06:29
Sunset
07:55
Day length
13h 26m
Coordinates
39.59, -92.47
Time difference from Jacksonville
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Jacksonville right now.
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About the time in Jacksonville
Around 149 people live in Jacksonville, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Jacksonville 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.
Jacksonville is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −5 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Frequently asked questions about time in Jacksonville
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Jacksonville?
- Jacksonville is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Jacksonville right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Jacksonville, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- When do the sun rise and set in Jacksonville today?
- Sunrise is at 06:29 and sunset at 07:55, giving 13h 26m of daylight.
- Which time zone is Jacksonville in?
- Jacksonville uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
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