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Time in Texas, United States now

02:58:21PM

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Texas has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Austin is used here.
Sun: ↑ 07:26AM ↓ 05:59PM (10h 33m) - More info - Make Texas time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Texas

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in Texas is normally one hour behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Texas can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Texas is America/Chicago.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Texas

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+3 hours
London	+6 hours
UTC	+6 hours
Lagos	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Johannesburg	+8 hours
Istanbul	+9 hours
Moscow	+9 hours
Dubai	+10 hours
Mumbai	+11.5 hours
Hong Kong	+14 hours
Shanghai	+14 hours
Singapore	+14 hours
Tokyo	+15 hours
Sydney	+17 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Texas

Sunrise: 07:26AM
Sunset: 05:59PM
Day length: 10h 33m
Solar noon: 12:42PM
The current local time in Texas is 42 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Texas on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 31.25. Longitude: -99.25
Population: 22,876,000
Elevation: 560 m

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Annual average temperatures
for Texas 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.