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Current Time in Salt Lake City, United States

Time and Sun Facts for Salt Lake City

Local time
12:14 pm
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
7:48 am
Sunset
6:34 pm
Day length
10 hours 46 minutes
Coordinates
40.76, -111.89

How Salt Lake City Keeps Time

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

Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City at 7:48 am today and sets at 6:34 pm — 10 hours 46 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 1:11 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (40.76, -111.89), so they shift a little every day of the year.

On the two solstices, Salt Lake City has about 15 hours 6 minutes of daylight in June and 9 hours 15 minutes in December. The difference is about 5 hours 51 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.

At the current civil offset, Salt Lake City’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 28 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 1:11 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.

Salt Lake City at a Glance

Coordinates40.7600, -111.8900
IANA time zoneAmerica/Denver
Current UTC offsetUTC-6
Daylight savingObserved seasonally
Sunrise today7:48 am
Sunset today6:34 pm
Solar noon1:11 pm
Daylight today10 hours 46 minutes
Straight-line distance to Washington, D.C.2,963 km
Current clock difference vs Washington, D.C.−2 hours

How Salt Lake City Compares with Other Cities

Read the last column as the other city relative to Salt Lake City. 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 Salt Lake City
London7:14 pm7 hours ahead
New York2:14 pm2 hours ahead
Los Angeles11:14 am1 hour behind
Dubai10:14 pm10 hours ahead
Karachi11:14 pm11 hours ahead
Singapore2:14 am14 hours ahead
Tokyo3:14 am15 hours ahead
Sydney5:14 am17 hours ahead

Nearby Listed Cities to Salt Lake City

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

CityApprox. distanceLocal time
Boise477 km12:14 pm
Las Vegas583 km11:14 am
Denver596 km12:14 pm
Albuquerque781 km12:14 pm
Phoenix813 km11:14 am

Other Cities in United States

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

CityLocal timeOffset
Albuquerque12:14 pmUTC-6
Anchorage10:14 amUTC-8
Atlanta2:14 pmUTC-4
Austin1:14 pmUTC-5
Boise12:14 pmUTC-6
Boston2:14 pmUTC-4
Charlotte2:14 pmUTC-4
Chicago1:14 pmUTC-5
Cleveland2:14 pmUTC-4
Columbus2:14 pmUTC-4
Dallas1:14 pmUTC-5
Denver12:14 pmUTC-6
Detroit2:14 pmUTC-4
Honolulu8:14 amUTC-10
Houston1:14 pmUTC-5
Indianapolis2:14 pmUTC-4
Jacksonville2:14 pmUTC-4
Kansas City1:14 pmUTC-5
Las Vegas11:14 amUTC-7
Los Angeles11:14 amUTC-7
Miami2:14 pmUTC-4
Minneapolis1:14 pmUTC-5
Nashville1:14 pmUTC-5
New Orleans1:14 pmUTC-5
New York2:14 pmUTC-4
Orlando2:14 pmUTC-4
Philadelphia2:14 pmUTC-4
Phoenix11:14 amUTC-7
Pittsburgh2:14 pmUTC-4
Portland11:14 amUTC-7
Sacramento11:14 amUTC-7
San Antonio1:14 pmUTC-5
San Diego11:14 amUTC-7
San Francisco11:14 amUTC-7
San Jose11:14 amUTC-7
Seattle11:14 amUTC-7
St. Louis1:14 pmUTC-5
Tampa2:14 pmUTC-4
Washington, D.C.2:14 pmUTC-4

Questions People Ask

When does Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City 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 1:11 pm.

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