What time is it in Kansas City, Kansas?

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

Kansas City sits at 39.12°N, 94.74°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Kansas City.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Kansas City it is highest at 1:10 pm today — 70 minutes after clock noon.

At 94.7°W, Kansas City 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 Kansas City, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 30 minutes, from 14 hours 55 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 25 minutes in December.

At 39.1°N that puts Kansas City between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.