Local time · Topeka
What time is it in Topeka, Kansas?
3:49:04AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 125,467
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Topeka
Topeka is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Topeka sits at 39.03°N, 95.70°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Topeka.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Topeka it is highest at 12:07 pm today — 7 minutes after clock noon.
At 95.7°W, Topeka sits 23 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 23 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Topeka today
- Sunrise
- 7:03 am
- Sunset
- 5:10 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 6 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 55 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 6 minutes in Topeka, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 29 minutes, from 14 hours 55 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 25 minutes in December.
At 39.0°N that puts Topeka between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.