United States
Time now in Madison
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 06:28Sunset 07:55Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
554
Sunrise
06:28
Sunset
07:55
Day length
13h 28m
Coordinates
39.47, -92.21
Time difference from Madison
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Madison right now.
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About the time in Madison
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Madison 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.
Sunrise today lands at 06:28 and sunset at 07:55 local time, giving 13h 28m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (39.47, -92.21) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Madison.
Madison 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 Madison
- Does Madison change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 1 November 2026.
- When do the sun rise and set in Madison today?
- Sunrise is at 06:28 and sunset at 07:55, giving 13h 28m of daylight.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Madison?
- Madison is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Madison right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Madison, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
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