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