Current time in Denver, CO
Mountain Time
UTC−06:00- Time zone
- Mountain Time · America/Denver
- UTC offset now
- UTC−06:00 MDT
- Abbreviation
- MST / MDT
- Daylight saving
- Forward the second Sunday in March at 02:00, back the first Sunday in November at 02:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00 (MDT → MST).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- CO, United States · 39.74° N, 104.98° W
- Population
- 729,019
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Denver at about 12:00 standard time: the clock and the sun agree. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:43 and 13:11 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:03 | 19:12 | 12h 09m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:32 | 20:31 | 14h 59m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 06:47 | 18:56 | 12h 09m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:17 | 16:38 | 9h 21m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:54–18:45 (11 h 51 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Mandan · 850 km · clock 1 h ahead
- Ciudad Juárez, Mexico · 900 km
- Phoenix · 940 km · clock 1 h behind
- Boise · 1,030 km
- Fort Worth · 1,040 km · clock 1 h ahead
- Dallas · 1,060 km · clock 1 h ahead
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Ciudad Juárez, Mexico · 900 km