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Time in Colorado, United States now

04:32:02PM

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Colorado switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 9. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:20AM ↓ 07:05PM (11h 44m) - More info - Make Colorado time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Colorado

UTC -6

Mountain Time (MT)
now 2 hours behind New York

From 2 November 2025: UTC -7 / Mountain Standard Time (MST)
The time in Colorado 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 Colorado can for a short while be 1 or 3 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Colorado is America/Denver.

Sunday March 9 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -6 / Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday November 2 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -7 / Mountain Standard Time (MST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Colorado

Los Angeles	−1 hours	−1 hours
Chicago	+1 hours
New York	+2 hours
Toronto	+2 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 Colorado

Sunrise: 07:20AM
Sunset: 07:05PM
Day length: 11h 44m
Solar noon: 01:12PM
The current local time in Colorado is 72 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Colorado on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 39.00. Longitude: -105.50
Population: 4,679,000
Elevation: 3,050 m

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Annual average temperatures
for Colorado 1895-2021

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