What time is it in Joplin, Missouri?

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

Joplin sits at 37.08°N, 94.50°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Joplin.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Joplin it is highest at 1:09 pm today — 69 minutes after clock noon.

At 94.5°W, Joplin 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 Joplin, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 6 minutes, from 14 hours 43 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 37 minutes in December.

At 37.1°N that puts Joplin between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.