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Time in Austin, Texas, United States now

10:00:16PM

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Austin switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 8. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:50AM ↓ 06:34PM (11h 44m) - More info - Make Austin time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Austin

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in Austin is normally one hour behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Austin can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Austin is America/Chicago.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Austin

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+3 hours
London	+6 hours
UTC	+6 hours
Lagos	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Johannesburg	+8 hours
Istanbul	+9 hours
Moscow	+9 hours
Dubai	+10 hours
Mumbai	+11.5 hours
Hong Kong	+14 hours
Shanghai	+14 hours
Singapore	+14 hours
Tokyo	+15 hours
Sydney	+17 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Austin

Sunrise: 06:50AM
Sunset: 06:34PM
Day length: 11h 44m
Solar noon: 12:42PM
The current local time in Austin is 42 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Austin on the map

Location: Texas, United States
Latitude: 30.27. Longitude: -97.74
Population: 974,000
Elevation: 150 m

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