Local time · Kearney
What time is it in Kearney, Nebraska?
3:49:28AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 34,741
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Kearney
Kearney is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Kearney sits at 40.70°N, 99.08°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Kearney.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Kearney it is highest at 12:20 pm today — 20 minutes after clock noon.
At 99.1°W, Kearney sits 36 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 36 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Kearney today
- Sunrise
- 7:21 am
- Sunset
- 5:20 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 59 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 6 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 59 minutes in Kearney, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 50 minutes, from 15 hours 6 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 15 minutes in December.
At 40.7°N that puts Kearney between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.