United States
Time now in Madison
Sunrise 06:14Sunset 07:56Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
298
Sunrise
06:14
Sunset
07:56
Day length
13h 41m
Coordinates
42.90, -75.51
Time difference from Madison
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About the time in Madison
Madison runs on America/New_York, which puts the city UTC −4 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 Madison day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 13:00–21:00 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.
Madison sits at latitude 42.90, in the mid-latitude band, so day length here swings noticeably between midwinter and midsummer — today's 13h 41m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in Madison
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/New_York, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Madison right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Madison, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Madison?
- Madison is UTC −4 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Madison in?
- Madison uses America/New_York, currently UTC −4.
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