What time is it in North Platte, Nebraska?

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

North Platte sits at 41.12°N, 100.75°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in North Platte.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over North Platte it is highest at 1:34 pm today — 94 minutes after clock noon.

At 100.8°W, North Platte 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 1 minute in North Platte, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 56 minutes, from 15 hours 8 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 12 minutes in December.

At 41.1°N that puts North Platte between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.