What time is it in Hutchinson, Kansas?

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

Hutchinson sits at 38.06°N, 97.91°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Hutchinson.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Hutchinson it is highest at 1:23 pm today — 83 minutes after clock noon.

At 97.9°W, Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 18 minutes, from 14 hours 49 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 31 minutes in December.

At 38.1°N that puts Hutchinson between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.