Houghton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 47.1219, -88.5690
- Elevation
- 196 m above sea level
- Population
- 7 970
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1307 km away
- Same name
- 14 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Houghton, Michigan, United States
This is the current time in Houghton, Michigan, United States, shown for the America/Detroit time zone (−5).
Houghton, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Detroit
Local time in Houghton
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Houghton keeps America/Detroit clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:43 AM Solar noon 12:39 PM Sunset 5:35 PM Daylight 9 h 53 min Night 14 h 07 min Civil twilight 7:11 AM – 6:07 PM
Weather in Houghton right now
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Houghton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 14744
- 49931
- 52631
- 57449
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Michigan
- Detroit 645 705
- Grand Rapids 195 097
- Warren 134 056
- Sterling Heights 132 052
- Ann Arbor 117 070
- Lansing 112 644
Other places named Houghton
- Houghton New York, United States
- Houghton England, United Kingdom
- Houghton South Australia, Australia
- Houghton England, United Kingdom
- Houghton Iowa, United States
Same time zone — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Hancock — 1.1 km
- Ripley — 1.3 km
- Hurontown — 1.4 km
- Birch Grove Mobile Home Park — 2.0 km
- Franklin Mine — 2.0 km
- Pewabic — 2.0 km
Local time details for Houghton
Mail addressed to Houghton uses 4 postal codes.
Houghton sits in the America/Detroit time zone, which runs at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise time for Houghton today is 7:43 AM; sunset time is 5:35 PM. Daylight fills 9 h 53 min.
Places close to Houghton, among them Hancock and Ripley, share its time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Houghton?
- The time zone that applies to Houghton is America/Detroit, with an offset of −5.
- Does Houghton apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- No.
- What time does the sun rise in Houghton?
- The sun rises in Houghton at 7:43 AM.