Current time in Billings, United States
The current local time in Billings is shown below. Billings observes MST in winter and MDT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/Denver
- Standard abbreviation
- MST
- DST abbreviation
- MDT
- Observes daylight saving
- Yes
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Billings?
Billings uses Mountain Time alongside the rest of Montana. The federal DST schedule applies. The city's longitude around 108.5 degrees west sits slightly east of the Mountain Standard Time meridian, leaving wall time close to mean solar noon. North Dakota immediately east splits between Central and Mountain zones along an irregular boundary, with the western counties on Mountain. Wyoming immediately south and Idaho's eastern half also use Mountain Time, providing regional consistency. The northern Plains latitude near 45 degrees produces strong seasonal day-length variation.
What are the working hours in Billings?
Healthcare (the regional medical centres serve a population catchment extending into Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota), oil and gas extraction (the Bakken Formation in the wider Williston Basin), and substantial agribusiness anchor employment. Office hours run 08:00 to 17:00. The Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) in October is a major regional agricultural calendar event. Winter weather between November and March produces frequent scheduling adjustments around prairie storms. The Bighorn County Fair and other regional agricultural events shape summer scheduling. Federal holidays apply, with substantial state-level outdoor recreation in summer driving holiday travel.
Where is Billings?
Billings sits along the Yellowstone River in south-central Montana, the largest city in the state. The city proper holds around 120,000 residents and the wider metropolitan area roughly 190,000. The city sits at around 945 metres elevation on a plain rimmed by sandstone cliffs (the Rimrocks) rising around 150 metres above the city to the north. The Beartooth Mountains rise around 100 kilometres south-west, with the Beartooth Highway providing the northern approach to Yellowstone National Park. Wyoming lies 75 kilometres south.