Time in Buffalo

Central Standard Time (CST, UTC-6)

Current local time: 00:17

Next DST change: 2027-03-15 - UTC-5.

Current local time in Buffalo: · 11 Nov 2026

Buffalo time zone

Time zone
CST · UTC-6standard time

14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to CDT (UTC-5) - in 124 days

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Green shows daylight saving time. Dark marker: today.

United States has 8 distinct time zone rule groups. Buffalo uses Central Standard Time.

  • EST · UTC-5New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and moreUses daylight saving time
  • CST · UTC-6Illinois, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and moreUses daylight saving time
  • MST · UTC-7Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah and moreUses daylight saving time
  • MST · UTC-7ArizonaNo daylight saving time
  • PST · UTC-8California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, IdahoUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-9 · UTC-9AlaskaUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-10 · UTC-10America/AdakUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-10 · UTC-10HawaiiNo daylight saving time

Zones with matching offsets and clock changes over the next year are grouped together.

Time difference from Buffalo

Time difference
Current local times and work-hour overlap with Buffalo
CityLocal timeDifferenceWorking hoursPlanner
London6 h aheadCompare Buffalo and London
New York1 h aheadCompare Buffalo and New York
Los Angeles-1 day2 h behindCompare Buffalo and Los Angeles
Berlin7 h aheadCompare Buffalo and Berlin
Dubai10 h aheadCompare Buffalo and Dubai
New Delhi11 h 30 min aheadCompare Buffalo and New Delhi
Singapore14 h aheadCompare Buffalo and Singapore
Tokyo15 h aheadCompare Buffalo and Tokyo
Sydney17 h aheadCompare Buffalo and Sydney
Copenhagen7 h aheadCompare Buffalo and Copenhagen

Sun in Buffalo today

Daylight
07:089h 42m16:50

9h 42m today - 5h 57m less than the longest day and 0h 57m more than the shortest day.

Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.

Public holidays in Minnesota

Holidays

  1. Veterans Day

    Wednesday · today

    National

  2. Thanksgiving Day

    Thursday · in 15 days

    National

  3. Christmas Day

    Friday · in 44 days

    Nationallong weekend

  4. New Year’s Day

    Friday · in 51 days

    Nationallong weekend

  5. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    Monday · in 68 days

    Nationallong weekend

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Buffalo in?
Buffalo uses America/Chicago: CST (UTC-6).
02Does Buffalo have daylight saving time?
14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to CDT (UTC-5) - in 124 days
03What is the time difference between Buffalo and London?
Buffalo is 6 h behind relative to London right now.
04What is a good time to call Buffalo from New York?
A shared working-hours option: 16:00-17:00 in New York = 15:00-16:00 in Buffalo.

Time zones: IANA via Intl. Holidays: date-holidays. Sun calculations: SunCalc. City data: GeoNames. Airport data: OurAirports.

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Buffalo in?
Buffalo is in Central Standard Time (CST/CDT), America/Chicago. Standard time is UTC-6.
02Does Buffalo use daylight saving time?
Yes. Buffalo changes between UTC-6 and UTC-5 during the year.
03What is the time difference between Buffalo and UTC?
Buffalo is UTC-6 in standard time and UTC-5 during daylight saving time.