United States
Time now in Waterloo
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 06:21Sunset 07:45Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
9,811
Sunrise
06:21
Sunset
07:45
Day length
13h 25m
Coordinates
38.34, -90.15
Time difference from Waterloo
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Waterloo right now.
Waterloo on the map
About the time in Waterloo
Sunrise today lands at 06:21 and sunset at 07:45 local time, giving 13h 25m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (38.34, -90.15) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Waterloo.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Waterloo 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.
Waterloo 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 Waterloo
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Chicago, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Waterloo?
- Waterloo is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What are normal business hours in Waterloo in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Waterloo runs from 14:00–22:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Waterloo right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Waterloo, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
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