| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +6h | Becomes +5h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +7h | Becomes +6h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +9h | Becomes +10h on 1 Nov |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +14h | Becomes +15h on 1 Nov |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +15h | Becomes +16h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +1h | Becomes ±0h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −2h | Becomes −1h on 1 Nov |
Madison, United States runs on UTC−5. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. The time difference between Madison and New York is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Madison lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Madison and London is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Madison lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Madison and Tokyo is 14 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 Chicago, Dallas, Houston. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Madison.
Madison (United States) is home to roughly 270K people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:53, sunset at 18:41. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 43° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
United States
Capital
Washington DC
Continent
North America
Time Zone
CDT · America/Chicago
Coordinates
43.07°N, 89.40°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Imperial
Did You Know?
Madison sits on an isthmus between two lakes, roughly 1.5 kilometres wide at its narrowest, with the state capitol in the middle. No building in the city may legally rise above the capitol dome's base.
The clock: Madison keeps Central Time. Its Saturday farmers' market on the capitol square is among the largest producer-only markets in the United States.
Madison lies at 89.4°W. Its time zone, UTC−6, is built around the 90°W meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 11:58, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 58 minutes and pushing solar noon to 12:58.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 15h 22m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h. The swing between them is 6h 23m. 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 Madison the sun comes up earliest on 16 June at 05:17, while the latest sunset waits until 28 June at 20:41. 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 Madison that civil twilight runs about 28 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 35 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.
The official timezone for Madison, United States is America/Chicago with a current UTC offset of UTC−5.
Madison has an estimated population of 270K and is located at coordinates 43.07°N, 89.40°W.
Madison gets 15h 22m of daylight on its longest day and 9h on its shortest, averaging 12h 13m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Madison falls at about 11:58 on UTC−6 standard time, because the city sits 0.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Capitol on an Isthmus: Madison sits on an isthmus between two lakes, roughly 1.5 kilometres wide at its narrowest, with the state capitol in the middle. No building in the city may legally rise above the capitol dome's base.