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Current local time in El Paso

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Time difference from El Paso

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04:00Thu+10hBecomes +11h on 1 Nov
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10:00Thu+16hBecomes +17h on 4 Oct
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Sun & moon in El Paso today

Sunrise
06:59
Sunset
18:52
Daylight
11.9hrs
Next full moon
26 Oct
Hunter's Moon

Annual daylight in El Paso

J10.3 hrsF11 hrsM11.9 hrsA12.9 hrsM13.8 hrsJ14.2 hrsJ14 hrsA13.3 hrsS12.4 hrsO11.4 hrsN10.6 hrsD10.1 hrs

Working hours in El Paso

3h overlap
El PasoUTC−6
06121824
Your locationUTC+0
06121824
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Time zone guide for El Paso

El Paso, 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 El Paso 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 El Paso lines up with 11:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between El Paso 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 El Paso lines up with 16:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between El Paso 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 El Paso.

Practical information for El Paso

El Paso (United States) is home to roughly 680K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:59, sunset at 18:52. 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 32° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

United States

United States

Capital

Washington DC

Continent

North America

Time Zone

MDT · America/Denver

Coordinates

31.76°N, 106.49°W

Currency

USD ($)

Calling Code

+1

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

English

Measurement System

Imperial

Did You Know?

A Border Older Than the Border

El Paso and Ciudad Juárez were one settlement until 1848, when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo put a border down the middle of it. The river has shifted since, which produced the Chamizal dispute — settled only in 1963.

The clock: El Paso keeps Mountain Time while most of Texas keeps Central, so the city is an hour behind the rest of its own state.

The sun and the clock in El Paso (2026)

Solar noon12:06on UTC−7 standard time
Longest day14h 14m22 June
Shortest day10h 4m22 December
Yearly average12h 10mof daylight a day
Earliest sunrise06:0012 June
Latest sunset20:151 July

El Paso lies at 106.5°W. Its time zone, UTC−7, is built around the 105°W meridian. The 1.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 6 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:06 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 66 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:06.

The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 14m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 4m. The swing between them is 4h 9m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.

The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In El Paso the sun comes up earliest on 12 June at 06:00, while the latest sunset waits until 1 July at 20:15. 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 El Paso that civil twilight runs about 24 minutes at the equinox.

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 El Paso?

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

What is the population and location of El Paso?

El Paso has an estimated population of 680K and is located at coordinates 31.76°N, 106.49°W.

How many hours of daylight does El Paso get?

El Paso gets 14h 14m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 4m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.

What time is solar noon in El Paso?

Solar noon in El Paso falls at about 12:06 on UTC−7 standard time, because the city sits 1.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.

What is an interesting fact or statistic about El Paso?

A Border Older Than the Border: El Paso and Ciudad Juárez were one settlement until 1848, when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo put a border down the middle of it. The river has shifted since, which produced the Chamizal dispute — settled only in 1963.