Local time · Joplin
What time is it in Joplin, Missouri?
3:49:55AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 53,605
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Joplin
Joplin is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 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.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Joplin it is highest at 12:02 pm today — 2 minutes after clock noon.
At 94.5°W, Joplin sits 18 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 18 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Joplin today
- Sunrise
- 6:54 am
- Sunset
- 5:09 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 15 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 43 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 15 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.