United States · CDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Nashville, 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 Nashville 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 Nashville lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 6-hour difference between Nashville 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 Nashville lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. There is a 14-hour difference between Nashville 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 Nashville.
Practical Info
Nashville (United States) is home to roughly 690K people. Today brings about 14.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:30, sunset at 20:06. 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 36° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
United States
Capital
Washington, D.C.
Continent
North America
Time Zone
CDT · America/Chicago
Coordinates
36.16°N, 86.78°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Imperial
Did You Know?
Nashville built a full-size replica of the Parthenon for the 1897 centennial exposition and liked it enough to rebuild it permanently in concrete. It contains a 13-metre gilded Athena, the largest indoor statue in the western world.
The clock: Nashville keeps Central Time at UTC−6. Tennessee is split between two zones, so the eastern third of the state is an hour ahead.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
1h overlap