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Time in Tennessee, United States now

04:28:40PM

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Tennessee has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Nashville is used here.
Sun: ↑ 06:53AM ↓ 05:04PM (10h 10m) - More info - Make Tennessee time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Tennessee

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in Tennessee 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 Tennessee can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Tennessee 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 02:00AM to 01:00AM 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 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Tennessee

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 Tennessee

Sunrise: 06:53AM
Sunset: 05:04PM
Day length: 10h 10m
Solar noon: 11:58AM
The current local time in Tennessee is 2 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Tennessee on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 35.75. Longitude: -86.25
Population: 5,935,000
Elevation: 330 m

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Annual average temperatures
for Tennessee 1895-2021

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