What Time is it in Houston Texas?
Houston: Central Time (CDT, UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer). US daylight saving applies.
Houston uses Central Time (CDT, UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer). Clocks change in March and November. Houston is about 21 minutes of solar time west of the Central Time meridian. Winter sunrises run later than in towns farther east that share the same offset.
Houston is Central Time. El Paso, still in Texas, is Mountain.
When it is noon in Houston it is 1 p.m. in New York all year. When it is noon in Houston it is 6 p.m. in London all year.
Mid-January sunrise here is within a few minutes of Chicago.
Sunrise and sunset in Houston
The longest mid-month day we list is June (14 h 03 m, sunrise 6:21 a.m.). The shortest is December at 10 h 15 m, with the sun up around 7:10 a.m..
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:18 a.m. | 5:44 p.m. | 10 h 26 m |
| February | 7:02 a.m. | 6:11 p.m. | 11 h 08 m |
| March | 7:33 a.m. | 7:30 p.m. | 11 h 57 m |
| April | 6:56 a.m. | 7:48 p.m. | 12 h 52 m |
| May | 6:30 a.m. | 8:08 p.m. | 13 h 38 m |
| June | 6:21 a.m. | 8:24 p.m. | 14 h 03 m |
| July | 6:31 a.m. | 8:24 p.m. | 13 h 53 m |
| August | 6:50 a.m. | 8:04 p.m. | 13 h 14 m |
| September | 7:07 a.m. | 7:29 p.m. | 12 h 22 m |
| October | 7:23 a.m. | 6:52 p.m. | 11 h 29 m |
| November | 6:46 a.m. | 5:27 p.m. | 10 h 41 m |
| December | 7:10 a.m. | 5:25 p.m. | 10 h 15 m |
Mid-month local times for 2026. Hills, weather, and the exact street change what you see by a few minutes.
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