Current time in Houston, TX
Central Time
UTC−05:00- Time zone
- Central Time · America/Chicago
- UTC offset now
- UTC−05:00 CDT
- Abbreviation
- CST / CDT
- 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 (CDT → CST).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- TX, United States · 29.76° N, 95.36° W
- Population
- 2,314,157
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Houston at about 12:21 standard time: the clock runs about 21 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:05 and 13:32 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:25 | 19:32 | 12h 08m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:21 | 20:25 | 14h 04m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 07:09 | 19:17 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:12 | 17:26 | 10h 14m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:13–19:09 (11 h 55 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
- San Antonio · 300 km
- Dallas · 360 km
- Fort Worth · 380 km
- Reynosa, Mexico · 500 km
- Monterrey, Mexico · 670 km · clock 1 h behind
- Ojinaga, Mexico · 890 km