Time in Nebraska
Nebraska is not one timezone. Live clocks: Omaha, Lincoln, Scottsbluff. Default face: Central Time (CDT, UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer).
Nebraska uses Central Time (CDT, UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer).
Nebraska uses the US daylight-saving calendar: second Sunday in March, first Sunday in November (8 March and 1 November in 2026).
When it is noon in Nebraska it is 1 p.m. in New York all year. When it is noon in Nebraska it is 6 p.m. in London all year.
Nebraska is about 24 minutes of solar time west of the Central Time meridian. Winter sunrises run later than in towns farther east that share the same offset.
In mid-January the sun rises about 32 minutes later here than in Chicago.
Sunrise and sunset in Nebraska
A typical mid-January day in Nebraska has sunrise around 7:48 a.m. and sunset around 5:19 p.m. (9 h 31 m of daylight). Mid-June stretches to about 5:51 a.m.–8:59 p.m. (15 h 08 m).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:48 a.m. | 5:19 p.m. | 9 h 31 m |
| February | 7:20 a.m. | 5:57 p.m. | 10 h 37 m |
| March | 7:37 a.m. | 7:30 p.m. | 11 h 53 m |
| April | 6:46 a.m. | 8:03 p.m. | 13 h 18 m |
| May | 6:07 a.m. | 8:35 p.m. | 14 h 29 m |
| June | 5:51 a.m. | 8:59 p.m. | 15 h 08 m |
| July | 6:04 a.m. | 8:56 p.m. | 14 h 53 m |
| August | 6:33 a.m. | 8:25 p.m. | 13 h 52 m |
| September | 7:04 a.m. | 7:36 p.m. | 12 h 31 m |
| October | 7:35 a.m. | 6:45 p.m. | 11 h 10 m |
| November | 7:12 a.m. | 5:06 p.m. | 9 h 54 m |
| December | 7:43 a.m. | 4:56 p.m. | 9 h 13 m |
Mid-month local times for 2026. Hills, weather, and the exact street change what you see by a few minutes.
More than one timezone in Nebraska
Omaha, Lincoln, Scottsbluff — those cards are different civil times. The large face is the default for Nebraska (Central Time).
Cities near Nebraska
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