Clock vs. Sun

Noon on the clock is meant to be when the Sun is highest. Today, 65 of the 543 cities of a million people or more get within 5 minutes of that, and 56% have clocks running ahead of the Sun.

Three things pull them apart: where the city sits inside its time zone (every degree of longitude is 4 minutes), daylight saving time, and the equation of time — the Sun itself running up to 16 minutes early or late through the year. Each city page breaks its own number down.

noon is noonRecife: −56 minMaceió: −53 minSurabaya: −47 minMashhad: −44 minHarbin: −43 minJilin: −42 minSalvador: −42 minFortaleza: −42 minSapporo: −41 minKharkiv: −41 minWarsaw: −40 minKolkata: −39 minSendai: −39 minHowrah: −39 minJepara: −39 minDavao: −38 minBeirut: −38 minRa’s Bayrūt: −38 minBelgrade: −38 minSemarang: −38 minChangchun: −37 minDammam: −36 minDaqing: −36 minKawasaki: −35 minTokyo: −35 minSaitama: −35 minYokohama: −35 minMalingao: −34 minBudta: −34 minKazan: −32 minBudapest: −32 minFushun: −32 minDhanbad: −32 minLilongwe: −31 minJamshedpur: −31 minArequipa: −30 minShenyang: −30 minDa Nang: −29 minStockholm: −28 minBrisbane: −28 minAnshan: −28 minAl Başrah al Qadīmah: −27 minRanchi: −27 minBasrah: −27 minPatna: −26 minBandung: −26 minHuế: −26 minMaputo: −26 minAntananarivo: −26 minKhartoum North: −26 minKhartoum: −26 minOmdurman: −26 minMatola: −26 minZamboanga: −24 minBekasi: −24 minAlmaty: −24 minNagoya: −24 minJakarta: −23 minChattogram: −23 minBiên Hòa: −23 minDepok: −23 minRio de Janeiro: −23 minBogor: −23 minRiyadh: −23 minSouth Tangerang: −23 minHaiphong: −23 minKabul: −23 minTangerang: −22 minHo Chi Minh City: −22 minDalian: −22 minNingbo: −22 minTaipei: −22 minShanghai: −22 minNew Taipei City: −22 minYantai: −22 minTaizhou: −22 minVienna: −21 minCixi: −21 minLomé: −21 minComilla: −21 minTaguig: −20 minHarare: −20 minQuezon City: −20 minBelo Horizonte: −20 minDurban: −20 minManila: −20 minCaloocan: −20 minKunshan: −20 minBogotá: −20 minNantong: −19 minHanoi: −19 minRasapūdipalem: −19 minCần Thơ: −19 minKyoto: −19 minOdesa: −19 minJiaxing: −19 minChangshu: −19 minVisakhapatnam: −19 minTaichung: −19 minWenzhou: −19 minSuzhou: −18 minShaoxing: −18 minZhangjiagang: −18 minKyiv: −18 minVaranasi: −18 minOsaka: −18 minGazipur: −18 minDhaka: −18 minQingdao: −17 minMérida: −17 minMogadishu: −17 minKinshasa: −17 minKaohsiung: −17 minBrazzaville: −17 minWuxi: −17 minJiangyin: −17 minBandar Lampung: −17 minTainan: −17 minBarranquilla: −17 minKobe: −17 minHangzhou: −17 minYancheng: −17 minHuzhou: −16 minYiwu: −16 minKigali: −16 minN'Djamena: −16 minNowrangapur: −16 minAden: −16 minShiraz: −16 minManaus: −16 minChangzhou: −16 minPhnom Penh: −16 minTaizhou: −16 minPuyang: −15 minLondon: −15 minYixing: −15 minAccra: −15 minPalembang: −15 minJinhua: −15 minKhulna: −14 minVolgograd: −14 minYangzhou: −14 minMakassar: −14 minPrague: −14 minMedellín: −14 minBaghdad: −14 minZhu Cheng City: −14 minKirkuk: −14 minLahore: −13 minPrayagraj: −13 minFuzhou: −13 minRangpur: −13 minLianyungang: −13 minSanaa: −13 minGujranwala: −13 minIsfahan: −13 minRaipur: −12 minWeifang: −12 minKathmandu: −12 minKarbala: −12 minBatam: −12 minHuai'an: −12 minErbil: −12 minPutian: −12 minNizhniy Novgorod: −12 minTehran: −12 minNanjing: −11 minYangon: −11 minQuanzhou: −10 minMandalay: −10 minJinjiang: −10 minKaraj: −10 minOuagadougou: −10 minCali: −10 minGuarulhos: −10 minWuhu: −10 minLucknow: −10 minBerlin: −10 minKumasi: −9 minSão Paulo: −9 minLinyi: −9 minSuqian: −9 minLusaka: −9 minLuanda: −9 minPretoria: −9 minTangshan: −9 minMaiduguri: −9 minVijayawada: −9 minMosul: −8 minAl Mawşil al Jadīdah: −8 minBirmingham: −8 minFaisalabad: −8 minXiamen: −8 minZibo: −8 minRawalpindi: −8 minJohannesburg: −8 minLima: −8 minShangrao: −8 minCampinas: −8 minSoweto: −7 minKanpur: −7 minCallao: −7 minChennai: −7 minÜrümqi: −6 minCopenhagen: −6 minRome: −6 minLubumbashi: −6 minJabalpur: −6 minHiroshima: −6 minXuzhou: −5 minHefei: −5 minTianjin: −5 minTai’an: −4 minBrasília: −4 minLongyan: −4 minJinan: −4 minHuainan: −4 minSuzhou: −4 minPointe-Noire: −3 minSanta Cruz de la Sierra: −3 minHuaibei: −3 minShantou: −3 minChaozhou: −2 minNagpur: −2 minMunich: −2 minPeshawar: −2 minJining: −2 minYaoundé: −2 minLu’an: −2 minMultan: −2 minBelém: −2 minKallakurichi: −2 minQuito: −2 minPekanbaru: −2 minBeijing: −2 minJieyang: −1 minFuzhou: −1 minTiruchirappalli: −1 minBucharest: 0 minAbidjan: 0 minLiaocheng: 0 minJiujiang: 0 minAbobo: 0 minHyderabad: 0 minPerth: +1 minNanchang: +1 minFuyang: +1 minBozhou: +1 minOslo: +1 minGoiânia: +1 minCuritiba: +1 minGwalior: +1 minShangqiu: +1 minMadurai: +2 minGqeberha: +2 minBannu: +2 minAgra: +2 minBangkok: +2 minHeze: +2 minBaoding: +2 minSharjah: +2 minFukuoka: +2 minDubai: +3 minDiyarbakır: +3 minMeerut: +3 minKisangani: +3 minTirunelveli: +3 minGuayaquil: +4 minBengaluru: +4 minHamburg: +4 minTeni: +4 minGhāziābād: +4 minGanzhou: +4 minBhopal: +4 minMakkah: +5 minFaridabad: +5 minDelhi: +5 minRostov-na-Donu: +5 minDouala: +5 minMombasa: +5 minMadinah: +6 minShymkent: +6 minHandan: +6 minNajafgarh: +6 minShijiazhuang: +6 minCoimbatore: +6 minHuizhou: +6 minAbu Dhabi: +6 minYichun: +6 minAnyang: +7 minUlsan: +7 minKaifeng: +7 minDar es Salaam: +7 minWuhan: +7 minTashkent: +7 minVoronezh: +7 minMilan: +7 minJeddah: +7 minHong Kong Island: +7 minKowloon: +7 minHong Kong: +7 minLuohu District: +8 minNew Territories: +8 minShenzhen: +8 minXinyang: +8 minLuohe: +8 minBusan: +8 minJos: +8 minBao'an: +9 minXuchang: +9 minXinxiang: +9 minTabriz: +9 minDublin: +9 minPorto Alegre: +9 minAddis Ababa: +9 minDongguan: +9 minChangwon: +9 minMedan: +9 minZhengzhou: +9 minGuankou: +10 minMbuji-Mayi: +10 minDaegu: +10 minShaoguan: +10 minZhuhai: +10 minKano: +10 minHyderabad: +11 minZhongshan: +11 minLudhiana: +11 minKota: +11 minIndore: +11 minSofia: +11 minDatong: +11 minJaipur: +11 minGuangzhou: +11 minGorakhpur: +11 minZhuzhou: +11 minFoshan: +12 minCaracas: +12 minChangzhi: +12 minJiangmen: +12 minQingyuan: +12 minChangsha: +12 minPhoenix: +12 minAurangabad: +13 minJinzhong: +13 minMoscow: +14 minHengyang: +14 minTaiyuan: +14 minNanyang: +14 minAbuja: +14 minZhaoqing: +14 minKaduna: +14 minLuoyang: +14 minKananga: +14 minGaziantep: +15 minDaejeon: +15 minAmritsar: +15 minAba: +15 minHeshan: +15 minSrinagar: +15 minJingzhou: +15 minAleppo: +15 minXiangyang: +15 minYunfu: +16 minBamako: +16 minPort Harcourt: +16 minKarachi: +16 minSuwon: +16 minQuetta: +16 minValencia: +16 minSeoul: +16 minYangjiang: +16 minGwangju: +16 minLa Paz: +17 minGoyang-si: +17 minNairobi: +17 minOnitsha: +17 minPuebla: +17 minIncheon: +17 minChangde: +17 minHohhot: +17 minYongzhou: +18 minHezhou: +18 minPune: +19 minShivaji Nagar: +19 minPimpri: +19 minPimpri-Chinchwad: +19 minDamascus: +19 minNashik: +19 minYichang: +19 minLüliang: +19 minCiudad Nezahualcoyotl: +20 minAmman: +20 minEcatepec de Morelos: +20 minIztapalapa: +20 minMaoming: +20 minGustavo Adolfo Madero: +21 minMexico City: +21 minShiyan: +21 minPyongyang: +21 minVadodara: +21 minKalyān: +22 minBenin City: +22 minBarquisimeto: +22 minDombivali: +22 minNavi Mumbai: +22 minJodhpur: +22 minKayseri: +22 minThāne: +22 minZhanjiang: +23 minMumbai: +23 minHaikou: +23 minSurat: +23 minAdana: +23 minVirār: +23 minGuilin: +23 minSokoto: +23 minYulin: +23 minSamara: +24 minSanto Domingo: +24 minAhmedabad: +24 minBaku: +24 minBaotou: +25 minOrdos: +25 minKakamega: +25 minMonterrey: +25 minSantiago de Querétaro: +26 minGuigang: +26 minIlorin: +26 minMexicali: +26 minSanya: +26 minWeinan: +26 minLiuzhou: +26 minBrussels: +27 minSantiago de los Caballeros: +27 minMonrovia: +27 minXi’an: +28 minIbadan: +28 minMontevideo: +29 minXianyang: +29 minQinzhou: +29 minCape Town: +30 minLagos: +30 minWanzhou: +30 minMaracaibo: +31 minNanning: +31 minLeón de los Aldama: +31 minRājkot: +31 minAlgiers: +32 minTijuana: +32 minKrasnoyarsk: +32 minMwanza: +32 minAnkara: +33 minSan Diego: +33 minPort-au-Prince: +33 minQingyang: +33 minKampala: +34 minKonya: +34 minDazhou: +34 minBayan Nur: +35 minParis: +35 minAsunción: +35 minChicago: +35 minBaoji: +35 minBarcelona: +35 minNiamey: +36 minHanzhong: +36 minZunyi: +36 minLos Angeles: +37 minGuiyang: +37 minGuadalajara: +38 minBuenos Aires: +38 minZapopan: +38 minChongqing: +38 minChelyabinsk: +38 minMontréal: +38 minConakry: +39 minCamayenne: +39 minYinchuan: +39 minShubrā al Khaymah: +39 minCairo: +39 minGiza: +39 minSydney: +39 minQueens: +39 minThe Bronx: +40 minNanchong: +40 minBrooklyn: +40 minManhattan: +40 minNew York City: +40 minTianshui: +41 minAntalya: +41 minYekaterinburg: +42 minSaint Petersburg: +43 minBijie: +43 minNeijiang: +44 minAlexandria: +44 minTbilisi: +45 minLiupanshui: +45 minPhiladelphia: +45 minZigong: +45 minMianyang: +45 minYerevan: +46 minOttawa: +47 minTouba: +48 minChengdu: +48 minBursa: +48 minNouakchott: +48 minIstanbul: +48 minSingapore: +49 minLanzhou: +49 minMeishan: +49 minQujing: +49 minCiudad Juárez: +50 minOmsk: +51 minTripoli: +51 minKunming: +53 minWuwei: +54 minMinsk: +54 minDakar: +54 minİzmir: +55 minXining: +57 minKuala Lumpur: +57 minMadrid: +59 minAdelaide: +1 hUfa: +1 hCórdoba: +1 h 1 minToronto: +1 h 2 minFes: +1 h 4 minMelbourne: +1 h 4 minAuckland: +1 h 5 minHouston: +1 h 6 minTangier: +1 h 7 minJacksonville: +1 h 11 minDallas: +1 h 11 minRabat: +1 h 11 minNovosibirsk: +1 h 12 minFort Worth: +1 h 13 minHavana: +1 h 14 minCasablanca: +1 h 14 minEdmonton: +1 h 18 minSan Antonio: +1 h 18 minCalgary: +1 h 20 minSantiago: +1 h 27 min−1h−30m0+30m+1h+90m+2h
Each dot is a city of a million people or more, placed by how far its clock reads from 12:00 when the Sun is highest today. Red: clocks ahead of the Sun. Blue: behind it.

Clocks furthest ahead

The Sun peaks well after 12:00 on the clock.

  1. 1Santiago, ChileSun highest at 1:26 PM · UTC−3 (DST)+1 h 27 min
  2. 2Calgary, CanadaSun highest at 1:20 PM · UTC−6 (DST)+1 h 20 min
  3. 3San Antonio, United StatesSun highest at 1:18 PM · UTC−5 (DST)+1 h 18 min
  4. 4Edmonton, CanadaSun highest at 1:17 PM · UTC−6 (DST)+1 h 18 min
  5. 5Casablanca, MoroccoSun highest at 1:14 PM · UTC+1+1 h 14 min
  6. 6Havana, CubaSun highest at 1:13 PM · UTC−4 (DST)+1 h 14 min
  7. 7Fort Worth, United StatesSun highest at 1:13 PM · UTC−5 (DST)+1 h 13 min
  8. 8Novosibirsk, RussiaSun highest at 1:12 PM · UTC+7+1 h 12 min
  9. 9Rabat, MoroccoSun highest at 1:11 PM · UTC+1+1 h 11 min
  10. 10Dallas, United StatesSun highest at 1:11 PM · UTC−5 (DST)+1 h 11 min
  11. 11Jacksonville, United StatesSun highest at 1:10 PM · UTC−4 (DST)+1 h 11 min
  12. 12Tangier, MoroccoSun highest at 1:07 PM · UTC+1+1 h 7 min
  13. 13Houston, United StatesSun highest at 1:05 PM · UTC−5 (DST)+1 h 6 min
  14. 14Auckland, New ZealandSun highest at 1:05 PM · UTC+13 (DST)+1 h 5 min
  15. 15Melbourne, AustraliaSun highest at 1:04 PM · UTC+11 (DST)+1 h 4 min

Where noon is noon

The Sun peaks within minutes of 12:00.

  1. 1Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireSun highest at 12:00 PM · UTC+00 min
  2. 2Liaocheng, ChinaSun highest at 12:00 PM · UTC+80 min
  3. 3Jiujiang, ChinaSun highest at 12:00 PM · UTC+80 min
  4. 4Abobo, Côte d’IvoireSun highest at 12:00 PM · UTC+00 min
  5. 5Hyderabad, IndiaSun highest at 12:00 PM · UTC+5:300 min
  6. 6Bucharest, RomaniaSun highest at 11:59 AM · UTC+20 min
  7. 7Perth, AustraliaSun highest at 12:00 PM · UTC+8+1 min
  8. 8Nanchang, ChinaSun highest at 12:00 PM · UTC+8+1 min
  9. 9Tiruchirappalli, IndiaSun highest at 11:59 AM · UTC+5:30−1 min
  10. 10Fuyang, ChinaSun highest at 12:00 PM · UTC+8+1 min
  11. 11Bozhou, ChinaSun highest at 12:00 PM · UTC+8+1 min
  12. 12Oslo, NorwaySun highest at 12:01 PM · UTC+1+1 min
  13. 13Goiânia, BrazilSun highest at 12:01 PM · UTC−3+1 min
  14. 14Curitiba, BrazilSun highest at 12:01 PM · UTC−3+1 min
  15. 15Fuzhou, ChinaSun highest at 11:58 AM · UTC+8−1 min

Clocks behind the Sun

The Sun peaks before 12:00 on the clock.

  1. 1Recife, BrazilSun highest at 11:03 AM · UTC−3−56 min
  2. 2Maceió, BrazilSun highest at 11:07 AM · UTC−3−53 min
  3. 3Surabaya, IndonesiaSun highest at 11:13 AM · UTC+7−47 min
  4. 4Mashhad, IranSun highest at 11:15 AM · UTC+3:30−44 min
  5. 5Harbin, ChinaSun highest at 11:17 AM · UTC+8−43 min
  6. 6Jilin, ChinaSun highest at 11:17 AM · UTC+8−42 min
  7. 7Salvador, BrazilSun highest at 11:18 AM · UTC−3−42 min
  8. 8Fortaleza, BrazilSun highest at 11:18 AM · UTC−3−42 min
  9. 9Sapporo, JapanSun highest at 11:18 AM · UTC+9−41 min
  10. 10Kharkiv, UkraineSun highest at 11:19 AM · UTC+2−41 min
  11. 11Warsaw, PolandSun highest at 11:19 AM · UTC+1−40 min
  12. 12Kolkata, IndiaSun highest at 11:20 AM · UTC+5:30−39 min
  13. 13Sendai, JapanSun highest at 11:20 AM · UTC+9−39 min
  14. 14Howrah, IndiaSun highest at 11:20 AM · UTC+5:30−39 min
  15. 15Jepara, IndonesiaSun highest at 11:21 AM · UTC+7−39 min

For today's date in each city, computed from GeoNames coordinates and time zones with NOAA's solar equations. Updated hourly.