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Madison

UTC−5

United States · CDT

Summer
19:44:53Live

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:18↓ 20:4224:00
Sunrise
05:18
Sunset
20:42
Daylight
15.4hrs
Population
270K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

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: 2 Nov. There is a 1-hour difference between Madison and New York. 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. There is a 6-hour difference between Madison and London. 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. There is a 14-hour difference between Madison and Tokyo. 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, Bogotá, Lima. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Madison.

Practical Info

Madison (United States) is home to roughly 270K people. Today brings about 15.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:18, sunset at 20:42. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 43° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

United States

United States

Capital

Washington, D.C.

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?

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.

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.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

1h overlap
MadisonUTC−5
06121824
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