diff --git a/pandas/io/sql.py b/pandas/io/sql.py
index 8bcee36cbef2b..8f01b05f6d280 100644
--- a/pandas/io/sql.py
+++ b/pandas/io/sql.py
@@ -1121,6 +1121,9 @@ def _harmonize_columns(self, parse_dates=None) -> None:
             try:
                 df_col = self.frame[col_name]
 
+                # the type the dataframe column should have
+                col_type = self._get_dtype(sql_col.type)
+
                 # Handle date parsing upfront; don't try to convert columns
                 # twice
                 if col_name in parse_dates:
@@ -1128,12 +1131,13 @@ def _harmonize_columns(self, parse_dates=None) -> None:
                         fmt = parse_dates[col_name]
                     except TypeError:
                         fmt = None
-                    self.frame[col_name] = _handle_date_column(df_col, format=fmt)
+                    # Convert tz-aware Datetime SQL columns to UTC
+                    utc = col_type is DatetimeTZDtype
+                    self.frame[col_name] = _handle_date_column(
+                        df_col, format=fmt, utc=utc
+                    )
                     continue
 
-                # the type the dataframe column should have
-                col_type = self._get_dtype(sql_col.type)
-
                 if (
                     col_type is datetime
                     or col_type is date
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_sql.py b/pandas/tests/io/test_sql.py
index f89a06636a0c0..93fae76dc9c9b 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/test_sql.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/test_sql.py
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ def check(col):
                 )
 
         # GH11216
-        df = read_sql_query("select * from types", self.conn)
+        df = read_sql_table("types", self.conn)
         if not hasattr(df, "DateColWithTz"):
             request.node.add_marker(
                 pytest.mark.xfail(reason="no column with datetime with time zone")
@@ -1793,9 +1793,7 @@ def check(col):
         col = df.DateColWithTz
         assert is_datetime64tz_dtype(col.dtype)
 
-        df = read_sql_query(
-            "select * from types", self.conn, parse_dates=["DateColWithTz"]
-        )
+        df = read_sql_table("types", self.conn, parse_dates=["DateColWithTz"])
         if not hasattr(df, "DateColWithTz"):
             request.node.add_marker(
                 pytest.mark.xfail(reason="no column with datetime with time zone")
@@ -1806,7 +1804,7 @@ def check(col):
         check(df.DateColWithTz)
 
         df = concat(
-            list(read_sql_query("select * from types", self.conn, chunksize=1)),
+            list(read_sql_table("types", self.conn, chunksize=1)),
             ignore_index=True,
         )
         col = df.DateColWithTz