Time zone
Mountain Standard Time (MST), UTC−7. IANA zone America/Boise.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
MST · UTC−7 Mountain Standard Time
Mountain Standard Time (MST), UTC−7. IANA zone America/Boise.
Sunday, March 14, 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM local time (UTC−7 → UTC−6).
Boise, Idaho, United States. Coordinates 43.61° N, 116.20° W; population about 235,684.
Calculated for the city centre at sea level; accurate to about a minute. Golden hour is when the sun is between 4° below and 6° above the horizon; blue hour between 6° and 4° below. See the whole month or another date.
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| City | Local time | Difference from Boise |
|---|---|---|
| New York City, New York | 7:00 AM | 2 hours ahead of Boise |
| Los Angeles, California | 4:00 AM | 1 hour behind Boise |
| Chicago, Illinois | 6:00 AM | 1 hour ahead of Boise |
| Denver, Colorado | 5:00 AM | Same time as Boise |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 5:00 AM | Same time as Boise |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 2:00 AM | 3 hours behind Boise |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 3:00 AM | 2 hours behind Boise |
| Toronto, Canada | 7:00 AM | 2 hours ahead of Boise |
| Vancouver, Canada | 5:00 AM | Same time as Boise |
| Mexico City, Mexico | 6:00 AM | 1 hour ahead of Boise |
| São Paulo, Brazil | 9:00 AM | 4 hours ahead of Boise |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | 9:00 AM | 4 hours ahead of Boise |
| London, United Kingdom | 12:00 PM | 7 hours ahead of Boise |
| Dublin, Ireland | 12:00 PM | 7 hours ahead of Boise |
Boise uses Mountain Standard Time (MST, UTC−7) as standard time and Mountain Daylight Time (MDT, UTC−6) during daylight saving time. Its IANA time-zone identifier is America/Boise, which is what phones and computers use to set the local time.
Yes. Sunday, March 14, 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM local time (UTC−7 → UTC−6). The previous change was on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
Boise is 7 hours behind UTC on standard time and 6 hours behind UTC during daylight saving time.
The table above shows today’s sunrise, sunset and day length for the city centre. As an example, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 the sun rose at 7:23 AM and set at 5:33 PM, giving 10 h 11 min of daylight.