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Time in Idaho, United States now

07:27:20AM

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Idaho has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Boise is used here.
Sun: ↑ 08:09AM ↓ 05:43PM (9h 34m) - More info - Make Idaho time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Idaho

UTC -7

Mountain Time (MT)
now 2 hours behind New York

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

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 02:00AM to 01:00AM 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 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Idaho

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 Idaho

Sunrise: 08:09AM
Sunset: 05:43PM
Day length: 9h 34m
Solar noon: 12:56PM
The current local time in Idaho is 56 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Idaho on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 44.50. Longitude: -114.25
Population: 1,417,000
Elevation: 1,680 m

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Annual average temperatures
for Idaho 1895-2021

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