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Sun & moon in Billings today

Sunrise
07:11
Sunset
18:57
Daylight
11.8hrs
Next full moon
26 Oct
Hunter's Moon

Annual daylight in Billings

J9 hrsF10.3 hrsM11.8 hrsA13.5 hrsM14.9 hrsJ15.7 hrsJ15.4 hrsA14.2 hrsS12.6 hrsO11 hrsN9.5 hrsD8.7 hrs

Working hours in Billings

3h overlap
BillingsUTC−6
06121824
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06121824
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Time zone guide for Billings

Billings, United States runs on UTC−6. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−7 in winter, UTC−6 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. The time difference between Billings and New York is 2 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–16:00 in Billings lines up with 11:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Billings and London is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Billings lines up with 16:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Billings and Tokyo is 15 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Denver, Salt Lake City, Ciudad Juárez. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Billings.

Practical information for Billings

Billings (United States) is home to roughly 120K people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:11, sunset at 18:57. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−7 in winter, UTC−6 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 46° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

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United States

United States

Capital

Washington DC

Continent

North America

Time Zone

MDT · America/Denver

Coordinates

45.78°N, 108.50°W

Currency

USD ($)

Calling Code

+1

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

English

Measurement System

Imperial

Did You Know?

The Magic City

Billings was founded in 1882 and grew so fast after the Northern Pacific Railway arrived that it was nicknamed the Magic City. The rimrocks above it are sandstone cliffs about 150 metres high running along the city's northern edge.

The clock: Billings keeps Mountain Time. Montana is roughly the size of Japan with about one hundredth of the population.

The sun and the clock in Billings (2026)

Solar noon12:14on UTC−7 standard time
Longest day15h 44m22 June
Shortest day8h 40m22 December
Yearly average12h 14mof daylight a day
Earliest sunrise05:2316 June
Latest sunset21:0828 June

Billings lies at 108.5°W. Its time zone, UTC−7, is built around the 105°W meridian. The 3.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 14 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:14 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 74 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:14.

The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 15h 44m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 8h 40m. The swing between them is 7h 3m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.

The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Billings the sun comes up earliest on 16 June at 05:23, while the latest sunset waits until 28 June at 21:08. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.

The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Billings that civil twilight runs about 30 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 38 minutes at the solstice.

Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.

Frequently asked questions

What is the current time and timezone in Billings?

The official timezone for Billings, United States is America/Denver with a current UTC offset of UTC−6.

What is the population and location of Billings?

Billings has an estimated population of 120K and is located at coordinates 45.78°N, 108.50°W.

How many hours of daylight does Billings get?

Billings gets 15h 44m of daylight on its longest day and 8h 40m on its shortest, averaging 12h 14m a day across the year.

What time is solar noon in Billings?

Solar noon in Billings falls at about 12:14 on UTC−7 standard time, because the city sits 3.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.

What is an interesting fact or statistic about Billings?

The Magic City: Billings was founded in 1882 and grew so fast after the Northern Pacific Railway arrived that it was nicknamed the Magic City.