Timetate
A world clock on a live 3D globe, turned to Houston.
United States · GMT-5
Houston runs on CDT (GMT-5). Subtract 5 hours from Coordinated Universal Time to get the current time in Houston.
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24h schedule
Sunrise
07:06
Sunset
19:06
Timezone
Other cities
Houston is located in United States and uses the America/Chicago timezone, currently CDT (GMT-5) from UTC. The clocks change on 1 November 2026 to GMT-6. Sunrise is at 07:06 and sunset at 19:06 local time. The coordinates of Houston are 29.76°N, 95.37°W.
Today Houston gets 12 hours 0 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 13:06, about 66 minutes after clock noon.
Right now Houston shares its CDT (GMT-5) offset with Chicago, San Antonio, Dallas, Minneapolis, Austin, Nashville. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.
Offices in Houston work Monday to Friday, typically 08:00–17:00 local time. Lunch is usually 12:00–13:00, and a meeting proposed inside it will be moved. The city's economy runs on oil and gas, energy trading, medical research and shipping, which is who you are most likely to be calling. The energy sector starts early, and a 07:30 call is not unusual for anyone working with Europe.
The dates that most often break a cross-border schedule are Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November, with the Friday), Independence Day (4 July), Labor Day (first Monday of September) and Christmas Day (25 December). Expect slow replies during Thanksgiving to New Year.
| From | Gap | Call at (Houston time) |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Kansas City | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇺🇸 Dallas | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇨🇦 Winnipeg | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇺🇸 Minneapolis | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇬🇧 London | +5h | 09:00–12:00 |
| 🇺🇸 New York | +1h | 09:00–16:00 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | +13h | 19:00–19:00 (early or late for one side) |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | +9h | 07:00–11:00 (early or late for one side) |
Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.
Houston is in the America/Chicago timezone, currently CDT (GMT-5).
Yes. Houston observes daylight saving time. The clocks change on 1 November 2026 to GMT-6.
Houston is currently GMT-5 from UTC (CDT (GMT-5)). Clocks change on 1 November 2026.
Right now Houston is 5 hours behind London and 1 hour behind New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.
09:00 in Houston is 14:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT-5 from UTC.
Today the sun rises in Houston at 07:06 and sets at 19:06 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.
Times on this page were calculated on .