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Time in Montana, United States now

03:20:27

Wednesday, March 4, 2026, week 10

Montana switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, March 8. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:52 ↓ 18:09 (11h 17m) - More info - Make Montana time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Montana

UTC -7

Mountain Time (MT)
now 2 hours behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -6 / Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)
The time in Montana is normally two hours 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 Montana can for a short while be 1 or 3 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Montana is America/Denver.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -7 / Mountain Standard Time (MST).
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 -6 / Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from Montana

Los Angeles	−1 hours	−1 hours
Chicago	+1 hours
New York	+2 hours
Toronto	+2 hours
São Paulo	+4 hours
London	+7 hours
UTC	+7 hours
Lagos	+8 hours
Paris	+8 hours
Zurich	+8 hours
Cairo	+9 hours
Johannesburg	+9 hours
Istanbul	+10 hours
Moscow	+10 hours
Dubai	+11 hours
Mumbai	+12.5 hours
Hong Kong	+15 hours
Shanghai	+15 hours
Singapore	+15 hours
Tokyo	+16 hours
Sydney	+18 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Montana

Sunrise: 06:52
Sunset: 18:09
Day length: 11h 17m
Solar noon: 12:31
The current local time in Montana is 31 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Montana on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 47.00. Longitude: -109.75
Population: 1,137,000
Elevation: 1,200 m

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Annual average temperatures
for Montana 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.