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Current local time in Nashville

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Time difference from Nashville

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CITYLOCAL TIMEDifferenceComing up
London
United Kingdom
01:00Thu+6hBecomes +5h on 25 Oct
Berlin
Germany
02:00Thu+7hBecomes +6h on 25 Oct
Dubai
UAE
04:00Thu+9hBecomes +10h on 1 Nov
Tokyo
Japan
09:00Thu+14hBecomes +15h on 1 Nov
Sydney
Australia
10:00Thu+15hBecomes +16h on 4 Oct
New York
United States
20:00+1hBecomes ±0h on 1 Nov
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United States
17:00−2hBecomes −1h on 1 Nov
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Sun & moon in Nashville today

Sunrise
06:41
Sunset
18:32
Daylight
11.9hrs
Next full moon
26 Oct
Hunter's Moon

Annual daylight in Nashville

J9.9 hrsF10.9 hrsM11.9 hrsA13.1 hrsM14.1 hrsJ14.6 hrsJ14.4 hrsA13.6 hrsS12.5 hrsO11.3 hrsN10.3 hrsD9.7 hrs

Working hours in Nashville

4h overlap
NashvilleUTC−5
06121824
Your locationUTC+0
06121824
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Time zone guide for Nashville

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: 1 Nov. The time difference between Nashville 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 Nashville lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Nashville 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 Nashville lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Nashville 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 Nashville.

Practical information for Nashville

Nashville (United States) is home to roughly 690K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:41, sunset at 18:32. 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 36° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

United States

United States

Capital

Washington DC

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?

A Full-Scale Parthenon

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.

The sun and the clock in Nashville (2026)

Solar noon11:47on UTC−6 standard time
Longest day14h 37m22 June
Shortest day9h 42m22 December
Yearly average12h 11mof daylight a day
Earliest sunrise05:2914 June
Latest sunset20:0830 June

Nashville lies at 86.8°W. Its time zone, UTC−6, is built around the 90°W meridian. The 3.2° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 13 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:47 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 47 minutes and pushing solar noon to 12:47.

The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 37m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 42m. The swing between them is 4h 56m. 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 Nashville the sun comes up earliest on 14 June at 05:29, while the latest sunset waits until 30 June at 20:08. 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 Nashville that civil twilight runs about 26 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 Nashville?

The official timezone for Nashville, United States is America/Chicago with a current UTC offset of UTC−5.

What is the population and location of Nashville?

Nashville has an estimated population of 690K and is located at coordinates 36.16°N, 86.78°W.

How many hours of daylight does Nashville get?

Nashville gets 14h 37m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 42m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.

What time is solar noon in Nashville?

Solar noon in Nashville falls at about 11:47 on UTC−6 standard time, because the city sits 3.2° from the meridian its zone is built on.

What is an interesting fact or statistic about Nashville?

A Full-Scale Parthenon: Nashville built a full-size replica of the Parthenon for the 1897 centennial exposition and liked it enough to rebuild it permanently in concrete.