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UTC−6 America/Chicago · UTC−6 in January, UTC−5 in July

Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

US Eastern team 7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 08:00–16:00 here
US Pacific team 6 h shared 9–5 · their day is 11:00–19:00 here
UK team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 03:00–11:00 here
Central Europe team 1–2 h shared 9–5 · their day is 02:00–10:00 here
Price level 100 Very high: household prices United States-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 7 / 12 October–April

Your team's working day, on Austin's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Austin; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 08:00–16:00
7 h
US Pacific 11:00–19:00
6 h
UK 03:00–11:00
2 h
Central Europe 02:00–10:00
1 h

Clock changes ahead in Austin: 14 Mar 2027 → UTC−5; 7 Nov 2027 → UTC−6. Employers' clocks change on their own dates, which is why shared hours shift for a few weeks each spring and autumn.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Feb7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Mar7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2–3 h awake 4–5 h1–2 h awake 3–4 h
Apr7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
May7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Jun7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Jul7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Aug7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Sep7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Oct7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2–3 h awake 4–5 h1–2 h awake 3–4 h
Nov7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Dec7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Good (7.0), high 17°C17°JanFebruary: Great (9.1), high 19°C19°FebMarch: Great (10.0), high 23°C23°MarApril: Great (10.0), high 27°C27°AprMay: Fair (5.5), high 30°C30°MayJune: Poor (2.4), high 34°C34°JunJuly: Poor (1.7), high 36°C36°JulAugust: Poor (1.3), high 36°C36°AugSeptember: Poor (4.1), high 33°C33°SepOctober: Great (8.7), high 28°C28°OctNovember: Great (9.8), high 22°C22°NovDecember: Good (7.6), high 17°C17°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan17°C5°C54 mm4°C dry10.3 h7.0
Feb19°C7°C58 mm6°C dry10.9 h9.1
Mar23°C11°C49 mm10°C comfortable11.8 h10.0
Apr27°C14°C59 mm14°C comfortable12.7 h10.0
May30°C19°C115 mm18°C muggy13.5 h5.5
Jun34°C22°C109 mm21°C muggy13.9 h2.4
Jul36°C24°C54 mm21°C oppressive13.8 h1.7
Aug36°C24°C59 mm20°C muggy13.1 h1.3
Sep33°C21°C92 mm18°C muggy12.2 h4.1
Oct28°C16°C89 mm14°C comfortable11.2 h8.7
Nov22°C10°C72 mm9°C dry10.4 h9.8
Dec17°C6°C59 mm5°C dry10.1 h7.6

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
961,855 (2020)
Elevation
149 m
Airports
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), 11 km
Time zone
America/Chicago
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check United States's official government or embassy website.
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Austin on Wikipedia

Travel advice

No US State Department advisory (domestic).

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-30. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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