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Time in Tennessee, United States now

10:15:50PM

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Maundy Thursday (Easter) / Bat Appreciation Day

Tennessee has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Nashville is used here.
Sun: ↑ 06:09AM ↓ 07:24PM (13h 15m) - More info - Make Tennessee time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Tennessee

UTC -5

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 2 November 2025: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
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 March 9 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
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 -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Tennessee

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+2 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
London	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+15 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Tennessee

Sunrise: 06:09AM
Sunset: 07:24PM
Day length: 13h 15m
Solar noon: 12:47PM
The current local time in Tennessee is 47 minutes ahead of 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.