Time in Helena

Mountain Standard Time (MST, UTC-7)

Current local time: 16:12

Next DST change: 2027-03-14 - UTC-6.

Current local time in Helena: · 10 Nov 2026

Helena time zone

Time zone
MST · UTC-7standard time

14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to MDT (UTC-6) - in 124 days

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Green shows daylight saving time. Dark marker: today.

United States has 8 distinct time zone rule groups. Helena uses Mountain 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 Helena

Time difference
Current local times and work-hour overlap with Helena
CityLocal timeDifferenceWorking hoursPlanner
London7 h aheadCompare Helena and London
New York2 h aheadCompare Helena and New York
Los Angeles1 h behindCompare Helena and Los Angeles
Berlin+1 day8 h aheadCompare Helena and Berlin
Dubai+1 day11 h aheadCompare Helena and Dubai
New Delhi+1 day12 h 30 min aheadCompare Helena and New Delhi
Singapore+1 day15 h aheadCompare Helena and Singapore
Tokyo+1 day16 h aheadCompare Helena and Tokyo
Sydney+1 day18 h aheadCompare Helena and Sydney
Copenhagen+1 day8 h aheadCompare Helena and Copenhagen

Sun in Helena today

Daylight
07:239h 37m17:00

9h 37m today - 6h 13m less than the longest day and 1h 3m more than the shortest day.

Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.

Public holidays in Montana

Holidays

  1. Veterans Day

    Wednesday · in 1 days

    National

  2. Thanksgiving Day

    Thursday · in 16 days

    National

  3. Christmas Eve

    Thursday · in 44 days

    MT

  4. Christmas Day

    Friday · in 45 days

    Nationallong weekend

  5. New Year’s Eve

    Thursday · in 51 days

    MT

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Helena in?
Helena uses America/Denver: MST (UTC-7).
02Does Helena have daylight saving time?
14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to MDT (UTC-6) - in 124 days
03What is the time difference between Helena and London?
Helena is 7 h behind relative to London right now.
04What is a good time to call Helena from New York?
A shared working-hours option: 16:00-17:00 in New York = 14:00-15:00 in Helena.

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 Helena in?
Helena is in Mountain Standard Time (MST/MDT), America/Denver. Standard time is UTC-7.
02Does Helena use daylight saving time?
Yes. Helena changes between UTC-7 and UTC-6 during the year.
03What is the time difference between Helena and UTC?
Helena is UTC-7 in standard time and UTC-6 during daylight saving time.