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Current time in Jackson

Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC-6
Name
Central Standard Time (CST)
Daylight saving 2026
yes

Clock changes in 2026

  • March 8, 2:00 AM → 3:00 AM: clocks go forward 1 h (UTC-6 → UTC-5)
  • November 1, 2:00 AM → 1:00 AM: clocks go back 1 h (UTC-5 → UTC-6)

Next change: March 14, 2027 – clocks go forward 1 h (UTC-5).

Sun today

Sunrise
6:18 AM
Sunset
5:09 PM
Day length
10 h 50 min
Solar noon
11:44 AM

Civil dawn and dusk: 5:53 AM and 5:35 PM. Computed from the city’s coordinates (32.30, -90.18).

Time difference: Jackson and other cities

CityNowDifference
London +6 6 h ahead
New York +1 1 h ahead
Los Angeles −2 2 h behind
Chicago ±0 same time
San Francisco −2 2 h behind
Toronto +1 1 h ahead
Mexico City ±0 same time
São Paulo +3 3 h ahead
Buenos Aires +3 3 h ahead
Paris +7 7 h ahead
Berlin +7 7 h ahead
Amsterdam +7 7 h ahead
Madrid +7 7 h ahead
Rome +7 7 h ahead
Warsaw +7 7 h ahead
Kyiv +8 8 h ahead
Moscow +9 9 h ahead
Istanbul +9 9 h ahead
Cairo +8 8 h ahead
Lagos +7 7 h ahead
Johannesburg +8 8 h ahead
Nairobi +9 9 h ahead
Dubai +10 10 h ahead
Mumbai +11:30 11 h 30 min ahead
New Delhi +11:30 11 h 30 min ahead
Bangkok +13 13 h ahead
Jakarta +13 13 h ahead
Singapore +14 14 h ahead
Hong Kong +14 14 h ahead
Beijing +14 14 h ahead
Shanghai +14 14 h ahead
Seoul +15 15 h ahead
Tokyo +15 15 h ahead
Sydney +17 17 h ahead
Auckland +19 19 h ahead
Honolulu −4 4 h behind

Plus – it is later there than here, minus – earlier. Plan a meeting with this city

Nearby cities

Same time zone: America/Chicago

In short

Jackson is in the America/Chicago time zone of the IANA database. The current offset is UTC-6. Clocks here are 6 h behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). In 2026 the clocks change: standard time is UTC-6 and daylight saving time is UTC-5. Population: about 153,701 (GeoNames).