Local time · Springfield
What time is it in Springfield, Missouri?
3:48:43AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 170,596
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Springfield
Springfield is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Springfield sits at 37.19°N, 93.29°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Springfield.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Springfield it is highest at 11:57 am today — 3 minutes before clock noon.
At 93.3°W, Springfield sits 13 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 13 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Springfield today
- Sunrise
- 6:50 am
- Sunset
- 5:04 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 14 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 43 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 14 minutes in Springfield, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 7 minutes, from 14 hours 43 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 36 minutes in December.
At 37.2°N that puts Springfield between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.