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Current Time in Nashville, United States

Time and Sun Facts for Nashville

Local time
2:29 pm
Date
Saturday, 24 October 2026
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC-5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Next clock change
1 November 2026 — clocks go back
Sunrise
7:02 am
Sunset
6:00 pm
Day length
10 hours 58 minutes
Coordinates
36.16, -86.78

How Nashville Keeps Time

Nashville keeps CDT, UTC-5. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Nashville; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.

Nashville runs on the America/Chicago zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC-5 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC-6 on standard time and UTC-5 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 1 November 2026, when clocks go back one hour.

The sun rises in Nashville at 7:02 am today and sets at 6:00 pm — 10 hours 58 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:31 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (36.16, -86.78), so they shift a little every day of the year.

On the two solstices, Nashville has about 14 hours 37 minutes of daylight in June and 9 hours 42 minutes in December. The difference is about 4 hours 56 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.

At the current civil offset, Nashville’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 47 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:31 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.

CDT 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.

Nashville at a Glance

Coordinates36.1600, -86.7800
IANA time zoneAmerica/Chicago
Current UTC offsetUTC-5
Daylight savingObserved seasonally
Sunrise today7:02 am
Sunset today6:00 pm
Solar noon12:31 pm
Daylight today10 hours 58 minutes
Straight-line distance to Washington, D.C.911 km
Current clock difference vs Washington, D.C.−1 hour

How Nashville Compares with Other Cities

Read the last column as the other city relative to Nashville. 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 Nashville
London8:29 pm6 hours ahead
New York3:29 pm1 hour ahead
Los Angeles12:29 pm2 hours behind
Dubai11:29 pm9 hours ahead
Karachi12:29 am10 hours ahead
Singapore3:29 am13 hours ahead
Tokyo4:29 am14 hours ahead
Sydney6:29 am16 hours ahead

Nearby Listed Cities to Nashville

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

CityApprox. distanceLocal time
Atlanta345 km3:29 pm
Indianapolis405 km3:29 pm
St. Louis408 km2:29 pm
Columbus537 km3:29 pm
Charlotte546 km3:29 pm

Other Cities in United States

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

CityLocal timeOffset
Albuquerque1:29 pmUTC-6
Anchorage11:29 amUTC-8
Atlanta3:29 pmUTC-4
Austin2:29 pmUTC-5
Boise1:29 pmUTC-6
Boston3:29 pmUTC-4
Charlotte3:29 pmUTC-4
Chicago2:29 pmUTC-5
Cleveland3:29 pmUTC-4
Columbus3:29 pmUTC-4
Dallas2:29 pmUTC-5
Denver1:29 pmUTC-6
Detroit3:29 pmUTC-4
Honolulu9:29 amUTC-10
Houston2:29 pmUTC-5
Indianapolis3:29 pmUTC-4
Jacksonville3:29 pmUTC-4
Kansas City2:29 pmUTC-5
Las Vegas12:29 pmUTC-7
Los Angeles12:29 pmUTC-7
Miami3:29 pmUTC-4
Minneapolis2:29 pmUTC-5
New Orleans2:29 pmUTC-5
New York3:29 pmUTC-4
Orlando3:29 pmUTC-4
Philadelphia3:29 pmUTC-4
Phoenix12:29 pmUTC-7
Pittsburgh3:29 pmUTC-4
Portland12:29 pmUTC-7
Sacramento12:29 pmUTC-7
Salt Lake City1:29 pmUTC-6
San Antonio2:29 pmUTC-5
San Diego12:29 pmUTC-7
San Francisco12:29 pmUTC-7
San Jose12:29 pmUTC-7
Seattle12:29 pmUTC-7
St. Louis2:29 pmUTC-5
Tampa3:29 pmUTC-4
Washington, D.C.3:29 pmUTC-4

Questions People Ask

When does Nashville next change its clocks?

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

Is Nashville 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 Nashville 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 12:31 pm.

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