Airport in Nevada
Harry Reid International Airport (LAS / KLAS) is a major international airport serving Nevada directly.
Current local time at the airport is 17:07:38.
Daylight saving time changes in Nevada, United States
Nevada uses the IANA time zone identifier America/Los_Angeles. The current local offset is UTC-7 / PDT.
Next change: November 1, 2026
Clock moves back from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Best Time to Call Nevada
Business hours in Nevada (9 AM-5 PM local time) fall at these local times elsewhere:
- Sao Paulo: 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM ( Partial overlap)
- Frankfurt: 6:00 PM - 2:00 AM (next day) ( Partial overlap)
- Johannesburg: 6:00 PM - 2:00 AM (next day) ( Partial overlap)
- Singapore: 12:00 AM (next day) - 8:00 AM (next day) ( Outside normal hours)
- Hong Kong: 12:00 AM (next day) - 8:00 AM (next day) ( Outside normal hours)
- Istanbul: 7:00 PM - 3:00 AM (next day) ( Partial overlap)
- Auckland: 5:00 AM (next day) - 1:00 PM (next day) ( Outside normal hours)
Times shown reflect current UTC offsets and may shift by up to an hour around daylight saving transitions.
Time Difference from Nevada
Compare time in Nevada with major cities worldwide.
Current Time in Cities of Nevada, United States
About Time in Nevada
A Border Drawn for Convenience, Not Geography
Nearly all of Nevada runs on Pacific Time, matching California and the rest of the West Coast. The one well known exception is West Wendover, a small city pressed right up against the Utah line.
Until 1999, West Wendover was officially on Pacific Time along with the rest of the state, even though its twin city just across the border, Wendover, Utah, ran an hour ahead on Mountain Time. The two towns share roads, schools, and a casino district built specifically to attract visitors from Salt Lake City, so a constant one hour mismatch created real friction for daily business. In October 1999 the federal Department of Transportation moved West Wendover into Mountain Time, closing that gap for good.
A handful of other Nevada towns near the Idaho border, including Jackpot, Owyhee, Mountain City, and Jarbidge, still keep Mountain Time informally, following the business hours of their closest neighbors rather than the state's official Pacific designation. None of them have ever filed for a formal change, so on paper they remain in the Pacific zone to this day.
Who Actually Gets to Move a Time Zone Line
No state can redraw its own time zone boundary. Under the Uniform Time Act of 1966, that authority belongs to the federal Department of Transportation, not to Nevada, Utah, or any other state government.
West Wendover's switch followed that exact process. The DOT reviewed a formal petition, held hearings, and issued a rule change placing the city in Mountain Time, citing reduced commercial confusion as the justification. It was not a local decision or a quiet local custom, it was a federal rulemaking with its own paper trail in the Federal Register.
Because that authority sits in Washington rather than Carson City, informal cases like Jackpot or Mountain City stay unofficial indefinitely unless someone files the same kind of petition, which nobody has done since 1999.
A Time Zone Boundary That Ignores the State Line
Most of the country's internal time zone boundaries roughly track state lines or county lines. West Wendover is a rare case where the boundary was drawn to cut through a single state instead.
The 1999 change did not move the entire Nevada side of the border, only a tiny 7.5 square mile pocket around West Wendover itself. Everywhere else along the Nevada and Utah line, the Pacific and Mountain boundary still runs straight down the state border as expected.
The result is a small, deliberate notch cut into the time zone map, a boundary that answers to commerce and daily commuting patterns rather than to any natural or administrative line.
Frequently Asked Questions
What time zone is Nevada in?
The whole of Nevada uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone (PDT). Local time is 7 hours behind UTC (UTC-7), and all cities in the region show the same time.
Is the time in Nevada the same as in Washington?
No. Las Vegas, the main city of Nevada, is currently 3 hours behind Washington, the capital of United States.
Do clocks change in Nevada?
Yes. The next clock change in Nevada is on November 1, 2026, when clocks move back from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
What is the main city of Nevada?
Las Vegas is the main city of Nevada, with a population of about 641,903. The time, sunrise and sunset shown on this page are based on Las Vegas.
Which airport is closest to Las Vegas?
Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) serves Las Vegas directly. Flight arrival and departure times there are shown in local time.
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