What time is it in Bella Vista, Arkansas?

Bella Vista is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Bella Vista sits at 36.47°N, 94.27°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bella Vista.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Bella Vista it is highest at 1:08 pm today — 68 minutes after clock noon.

At 94.3°W, Bella Vista sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Bella Vista, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 59 minutes, from 14 hours 39 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 40 minutes in December.

At 36.5°N that puts Bella Vista between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.