CVS Pharmacy Hours: Today’s Open & Close Times, 24-Hour & Sunday Hours

CVS Hours Today: Store Hours vs Pharmacy Hours

The most common mistake with CVS is treating the sign on the door as the pharmacy's schedule. On October 13, 2026 we read the structured hours on three store pages on cvs.com, and the store and the pharmacy counter differed in all of them.

The live open or closed bar on this page is a general pattern. CVS stores in different towns open and close at different times, so the exact store page decides.

Which CVS Stores Are Open 24 Hours?

A 24-hour CVS exists, but it is usually a city store, and even then the pharmacy is often not 24 hours.

• The 103rd Street store on Chicago's Southwest Side listed both the store and the pharmacy as open 24 hours Monday to Sunday, and a search result for that page also showed a pharmacy drive-thru.
• The Chicago Avenue store listed the front store as 24 hours but kept the pharmacy to roughly 8 AM to 6 PM on weekdays, and a search summary of nearby listings found the same split at stores on 53rd Street, Lincoln Avenue and Higgins Avenue.
• The Atlanta Peachtree Street store runs 8 AM to midnight rather than around the clock, so not every urban store is 24 hours.

CVS Pharmacy Lunch Break: Is the Counter Closed 1:30 to 2 PM?

Yes at many stores. CVS announced in early 2022 that most of its pharmacies would close daily for a lunch break from 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM local time.

• The closure applies to the pharmacy only and not to the front store, according to local coverage of the rollout, which had stores starting the schedule by February 28, 2022.
• The 842 Peachtree Street page in Atlanta lists a pharmacy lunch closure of 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM, and the 1943 Peachtree Rd page is reported to show the same break.
• We could not confirm that every store still keeps the break, so a drive over at 1:45 PM is a gamble.
• At stores with a 24-hour pharmacy, such as the Chicago 103rd Street location, the schedule shows no lunch gap.

CVS Saturday and Sunday Hours at the Pharmacy

Weekends shorten the pharmacy more than the store.

Both stores close the pharmacy at 5 PM on Sunday and stay open into the night as shops. If you need a prescription filled late on a Sunday, look for a 24-hour pharmacy instead.

CVS MinuteClinic Hours and Walk-In Visits

MinuteClinic is a separate clinic inside many CVS stores with its own schedule, which also changes from location to location.

• A Fort Mill, South Carolina clinic listing showed weekdays 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM, Saturday 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM and Sunday 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
• A Berlin, Connecticut listing showed weekdays 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM and weekends 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
• A Maryland clinic split its weekday into two blocks, 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM to 7:30 PM, so it closed for an hour at lunch.
• These are third-party booking listings, not CVS pages, so treat them as examples of the variation.

CVS Drive-Thru Pharmacy Hours

Not every CVS has a drive-thru window, and the ones that do follow the pharmacy counter.

• The 103rd Street Chicago store and a store on Higgins Avenue were noted with a pharmacy drive-thru in the search results for their pages.
• A drive-thru normally uses the same hours as the pharmacy counter, so it is open overnight only at a 24-hour pharmacy.
• We could not confirm whether the lunch closure also covers the drive-thru window, so call before you rely on it at 1:30 PM.

Is CVS Open on Thanksgiving? Hours for November 26, 2026

A CVS spokesperson told TODAY in 2025 that CVS Pharmacy locations would be open on Thanksgiving, although some stores and pharmacies may have reduced hours. Thanksgiving 2026 is Thursday, November 26, and CVS had not made a 2026 statement when we checked on October 25, 2026.

• No chain-wide opening and closing times were published, so hours depend on the store.
• Some stores may choose to close entirely, especially in quieter areas, according to the same TODAY report.
• Call the pharmacy before you go for a prescription, since the counter is the part most likely to be shortened.

CVS Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Hours

Christmas Eve is Thursday, December 24, 2026, Christmas Day is Friday, December 25, and New Year's Day is Friday, January 1, 2027.

• For Christmas Eve 2025, a CVS spokesperson said stores and pharmacies would be open, with hours varying by location.
• For Christmas Day 2025, the same spokesperson said pharmacies would be open but some stores and pharmacies may have reduced hours.
• A Parade report said the store can be open while the pharmacy is limited or closed, so confirm the counter by phone.

CVS Near Me and What to Do When the Pharmacy Is Closed

The store locator on cvs.com gives each store its own page with store and pharmacy hours, plus services such as vaccines and photo.

• Store pages list COVID-19 and flu vaccinations, photo printing and UPS Access Point service at the stores we opened.
• If your CVS pharmacy is closed, look for a 24-hour store in the locator or a nearby alternative.
• Walgreens is the other large chain pharmacy, and its hours are set per store too.