Time in Houston, United States of America | Houston Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Houston
UTC -5
Central Time (CT) , currently 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
▪Time in Houston is 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Houston is
America/Chicago.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Houston
- ▪Sunrise: 07:27
- ▪Sunset: 18:43
- ▪Day length: 11h 15m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:05
- ▪Current time in Houston is currently 65 minutes ahead of solar time.
Houston on map
- ▪Location: Texas, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 29,76. Longitude: -95,36
- ▪Population: 2,314,157
- ▪Elevation: 12 m
Time difference
from Houston
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:27
Solar noon 13:05Sunset 18:43
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Chicago- Abbreviation
- CDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 18 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792671650
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:27
- Sunset
- 18:43
- Solar noon
- 13:05
- Day length
- 11h 15m
- Night length
- 12h 44m
- Civil twilight
- 07:03 – 19:07
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Texas
- Coordinates
- 29.763°, -95.363°
- Elevation
- 12 m
- Population
- 2,314,157
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