Meeting time
Best time to meet: Dublin and Houston
Dublin is 6 hours ahead of Houston right now. Their working days overlap for 2 hours: 3 PM to 5 PM in Dublin, which is 9 AM to 11 AM in Houston. The easiest time to meet is 4 PM in Dublin (10 AM in Houston).
Hour by hour
With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Dublin time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.
| Dublin | Houston | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 12 AM | Both off |
| 7 AM | 1 AM | Both off |
| 8 AM | 2 AM | Both off |
| 9 AM | 3 AM | Dublin at work |
| 10 AM | 4 AM | Dublin at work |
| 11 AM | 5 AM | Dublin at work |
| 12 PM | 6 AM | Dublin at work |
| 1 PM | 7 AM | Dublin at work |
| 2 PM | 8 AM | Dublin at work |
| 3 PM | 9 AM | Both at work |
| 4 PM | 10 AM | Easiest time |
| 5 PM | 11 AM | Houston at work |
| 6 PM | 12 PM | Houston at work |
| 7 PM | 1 PM | Houston at work |
| 8 PM | 2 PM | Houston at work |
| 9 PM | 3 PM | Houston at work |
| 10 PM | 4 PM | Houston at work |
When the clocks change
The gap moves when either city changes its clocks. The next twelve months:
| Dates | Dublin is | Both at work (Dublin time) | Easiest (Dublin / Houston) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now to March 14, 2027 | 6 hours ahead | 3 PM–5 PM (2 hours) | 4 PM / 10 AM |
| March 14, 2027 to March 28, 2027 clocks in Houston go forward | 5 hours ahead | 2 PM–5 PM (3 hours) | 3 PM / 10 AM |
| March 28, 2027 to October 31, 2027 clocks in Dublin go forward | 6 hours ahead | 3 PM–5 PM (2 hours) | 4 PM / 10 AM |
| October 31, 2027 to November 7, 2027 clocks in Dublin go back | 5 hours ahead | 2 PM–5 PM (3 hours) | 3 PM / 10 AM |
| November 7, 2027 onward clocks in Houston go back | 6 hours ahead | 3 PM–5 PM (2 hours) | 4 PM / 10 AM |
Dublin keeps the same clock as London; Houston keeps the same clock as Chicago.
Questions people ask
3 AM in Houston, while Dublin is 6 hours ahead.
4 PM in Dublin, which is 10 AM in Houston. Both cities are at work from 3 PM to 5 PM Dublin time.
Yes — it changes 4 times in the next twelve months, when the clocks go forward or back; the dates are in the table above.
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