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Current Time in Albuquerque, United States

Time and Sun Facts for Albuquerque

Local time
11:05 am
Date
Saturday, 24 October 2026
Time zone
America/Denver
UTC offset
UTC-6
Daylight saving
In effect now
Next clock change
1 November 2026 — clocks go back
Sunrise
7:20 am
Sunset
6:21 pm
Day length
11 hours 1 minute
Coordinates
35.08, -106.65

How Albuquerque Keeps Time

Albuquerque keeps MDT, UTC-6. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Albuquerque; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.

Albuquerque runs on the America/Denver zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC-6 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC-7 on standard time and UTC-6 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 1 November 2026, when clocks go back one hour.

The sun rises in Albuquerque at 7:20 am today and sets at 6:21 pm — 11 hours 1 minute of daylight, with solar noon at 12:50 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (35.08, -106.65), so they shift a little every day of the year.

On the two solstices, Albuquerque has about 14 hours 31 minutes of daylight in June and 9 hours 48 minutes in December. The difference is about 4 hours 44 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.

At the current civil offset, Albuquerque’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 7 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:50 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.

MDT is one of several zones in United States, so a time quoted for the country as a whole is not necessarily the time here. Check the city rather than the country when it matters.

Albuquerque at a Glance

Coordinates35.0800, -106.6500
IANA time zoneAmerica/Denver
Current UTC offsetUTC-6
Daylight savingObserved seasonally
Sunrise today7:20 am
Sunset today6:21 pm
Solar noon12:50 pm
Daylight today11 hours 1 minute
Straight-line distance to Washington, D.C.2,652 km
Current clock difference vs Washington, D.C.−2 hours

How Albuquerque Compares with Other Cities

Read the last column as the other city relative to Albuquerque. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.

CityLocal timeCompared with Albuquerque
London6:05 pm7 hours ahead
New York1:05 pm2 hours ahead
Los Angeles10:05 am1 hour behind
Dubai9:05 pm10 hours ahead
Karachi10:05 pm11 hours ahead
Singapore1:05 am14 hours ahead
Tokyo2:05 am15 hours ahead
Sydney4:05 am17 hours ahead

Nearby Listed Cities to Albuquerque

Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.

CityApprox. distanceLocal time
Phoenix530 km10:05 am
Denver538 km11:05 am
Las Vegas777 km10:05 am
Salt Lake City781 km11:05 am
Dallas944 km12:05 pm

Other Cities in United States

United States keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.

CityLocal timeOffset
Anchorage9:05 amUTC-8
Atlanta1:05 pmUTC-4
Austin12:05 pmUTC-5
Boise11:05 amUTC-6
Boston1:05 pmUTC-4
Charlotte1:05 pmUTC-4
Chicago12:05 pmUTC-5
Cleveland1:05 pmUTC-4
Columbus1:05 pmUTC-4
Dallas12:05 pmUTC-5
Denver11:05 amUTC-6
Detroit1:05 pmUTC-4
Honolulu7:05 amUTC-10
Houston12:05 pmUTC-5
Indianapolis1:05 pmUTC-4
Jacksonville1:05 pmUTC-4
Kansas City12:05 pmUTC-5
Las Vegas10:05 amUTC-7
Los Angeles10:05 amUTC-7
Miami1:05 pmUTC-4
Minneapolis12:05 pmUTC-5
Nashville12:05 pmUTC-5
New Orleans12:05 pmUTC-5
New York1:05 pmUTC-4
Orlando1:05 pmUTC-4
Philadelphia1:05 pmUTC-4
Phoenix10:05 amUTC-7
Pittsburgh1:05 pmUTC-4
Portland10:05 amUTC-7
Sacramento10:05 amUTC-7
Salt Lake City11:05 amUTC-6
San Antonio12:05 pmUTC-5
San Diego10:05 amUTC-7
San Francisco10:05 amUTC-7
San Jose10:05 amUTC-7
Seattle10:05 amUTC-7
St. Louis12:05 pmUTC-5
Tampa1:05 pmUTC-4
Washington, D.C.1:05 pmUTC-4

Questions People Ask

When does Albuquerque next change its clocks?

The next transition is 1 November 2026. Use America/Denver in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.

Is Albuquerque the time everywhere in United States?

No. United States currently has 6 distinct civil UTC offsets represented in the directory, so the country page separates the regions.

Why is solar noon in Albuquerque far from 12:00?

The current civil offset and the city longitude do not place mean solar noon at twelve on the clock. Today the calculated solar noon is 12:50 pm.

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