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Time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States now

17:29:59

Thursday, March 5, 2026, week 10

Milwaukee switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, March 8. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:20 ↓ 17:46 (11h 26m) - More info - Make Milwaukee time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Milwaukee

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in Milwaukee is normally one hour behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Milwaukee can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Milwaukee is America/Chicago.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from Milwaukee

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+3 hours
London	+6 hours
UTC	+6 hours
Lagos	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Johannesburg	+8 hours
Istanbul	+9 hours
Moscow	+9 hours
Dubai	+10 hours
Mumbai	+11.5 hours
Hong Kong	+14 hours
Shanghai	+14 hours
Singapore	+14 hours
Tokyo	+15 hours
Sydney	+17 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Milwaukee

Sunrise: 06:20
Sunset: 17:46
Day length: 11h 26m
Solar noon: 12:03
The current local time in Milwaukee is 3 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Milwaukee on the map

Location: Wisconsin, United States
Latitude: 43.04. Longitude: -87.91
Population: 564,000
Elevation: 190 m

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Best restaurants in Milwaukee

#1 Rodizio Grill Brazilian Steakhouse Milwaukee - Brazilian and steakhouses food
#2 Shawarma House - Middle Eastern and mediterranean food
#3 Glorioso's Italian Market - Italian and delis food

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