Local time · Emporia
What time is it in Emporia, Kansas?
3:51:02AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 24,354
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Emporia
Emporia is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Emporia sits at 38.40°N, 96.19°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Emporia.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Emporia it is highest at 12:09 pm today — 9 minutes after clock noon.
At 96.2°W, Emporia sits 25 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 25 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Emporia today
- Sunrise
- 7:04 am
- Sunset
- 5:13 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 9 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 51 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 9 minutes in Emporia, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 22 minutes, from 14 hours 51 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 29 minutes in December.
At 38.4°N that puts Emporia between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.