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Time now in Oxford
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:25Sunset 07:35Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
18,916
Sunrise
06:25
Sunset
07:35
Day length
13h 10m
Coordinates
34.36, -89.53
Time difference from Oxford
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Oxford right now.
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About the time in Oxford
Oxford 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.
Oxford 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.
Around 18,916 people live in Oxford, 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 Oxford
- What are normal business hours in Oxford in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Oxford runs from 14:00–22:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Oxford right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Oxford, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- When do the sun rise and set in Oxford today?
- Sunrise is at 06:25 and sunset at 07:35, giving 13h 10m of daylight.
- Which time zone is Oxford in?
- Oxford uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
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