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The time in Nashville, explained

Right now it's 12:27 pm in Nashville — Monday, 7 September 2026. Nashville runs on CDT (UTC-5), and the clock above updates itself every second, so what you're reading is genuinely the current time there, not a snapshot from when the page loaded.

Nashville keeps the America/Chicago time zone in the IANA database, currently UTC-5. Clocks here change twice a year: UTC-6 on standard time, and UTC-5 while daylight saving is in effect. The next change is due on 1 November 2026, when clocks move back by an hour.

Today in Nashville, the sun comes up at 6:22 am and goes down at 7:07 pm — 12 hours 45 minutes of daylight in total, with solar noon at 12:45 pm. These figures come straight from the city's real coordinates (36.16, -86.78), so they shift by a small amount every single day of the year.

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
London6:27 pm6 hours ahead
New York1:27 pm1 hours ahead
Los Angeles10:27 am2 hours behind
Dubai9:27 pm9 hours ahead
Karachi10:27 pm10 hours ahead
Singapore1:27 am13 hours ahead
Tokyo2:27 am14 hours ahead
Sydney3:27 am15 hours ahead

More cities across United States

CityLocal timeOffset
New York1:27 pmUTC-4
Los Angeles10:27 amUTC-7
Chicago12:27 pmUTC-5
Houston12:27 pmUTC-5
Phoenix10:27 amUTC-7
Philadelphia1:27 pmUTC-4
San Antonio12:27 pmUTC-5
San Diego10:27 amUTC-7
Dallas12:27 pmUTC-5
San Jose10:27 amUTC-7
Austin12:27 pmUTC-5
Jacksonville1:27 pmUTC-4
San Francisco10:27 amUTC-7
Columbus1:27 pmUTC-4
Charlotte1:27 pmUTC-4
Indianapolis1:27 pmUTC-4
Seattle10:27 amUTC-7
Denver11:27 amUTC-6
Boston1:27 pmUTC-4
Detroit1:27 pmUTC-4
Portland10:27 amUTC-7
Las Vegas10:27 amUTC-7
Miami1:27 pmUTC-4
Atlanta1:27 pmUTC-4
Minneapolis12:27 pmUTC-5
New Orleans12:27 pmUTC-5
Salt Lake City11:27 amUTC-6
Washington, D.C.1:27 pmUTC-4
Anchorage9:27 amUTC-8
Honolulu7:27 amUTC-10
St. Louis12:27 pmUTC-5
Kansas City12:27 pmUTC-5
Pittsburgh1:27 pmUTC-4
Cleveland1:27 pmUTC-4
Sacramento10:27 amUTC-7
Orlando1:27 pmUTC-4
Tampa1:27 pmUTC-4
Albuquerque11:27 amUTC-6
Boise11:27 amUTC-6

Questions people ask

What time is it in Nashville right now?

Right now it's 12:27:51 pm in Nashville, on Monday, 7 September 2026. The clock at the top of the page keeps ticking on its own, so it's safe to just leave the tab open.

What time zone does Nashville actually run on?

CDT — listed as America/Chicago in the IANA database, currently sitting at UTC-5.

Does Nashville change its clocks for daylight saving?

Yes — it alternates between UTC-6 and UTC-5, with the next change due on 1 November 2026.

How many hours ahead of UTC does Nashville sit?

UTC-5. Add or subtract that from any UTC time and you've got the local time here.

Is Nashville on a whole-hour offset from UTC?

Yes, which means converting to and from UTC here is just a plain addition or subtraction of whole hours.

When do the sun rise and set in Nashville today?

Sunrise lands at 6:22 am and sunset at 7:07 pm, giving 12 hours 45 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:45 pm.

What are Nashville's actual coordinates?

36.16 latitude, -86.78 longitude. Every sun and prayer time on this site is calculated straight from those figures, rather than from the country as a whole.

What's the date in Nashville right now?

It's Monday, 7 September 2026 there at the moment. Once a city sits far enough away, part of every day genuinely falls on a different calendar date from your own.

What's a reasonable time to call Nashville from abroad?

Work backward from local working hours here using the best meeting time finder, which shades every participant's working hours at once and shows which slot costs everyone the least.

How do I convert my own local time into Nashville time?

Use the time zone converter and pick Nashville as the destination city — it applies whichever rules were actually in force on the exact date you enter, daylight saving included.

Why does the gap to my own city seem to change across the year?

Because daylight saving doesn't start and end on the same dates everywhere, and plenty of countries skip it entirely. For a few weeks each spring and autumn, the usual gap can be an hour off from what you'd expect.

Which other places share the exact same time as Nashville?

Anywhere currently sitting on UTC-5. The time zone map lists every country and city on each offset.

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