What time is it in Lawton, Oklahoma?

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

Lawton sits at 34.62°N, 98.42°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Lawton.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Lawton it is highest at 1:25 pm today — 85 minutes after clock noon.

At 98.4°W, Lawton 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 Lawton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 39 minutes, from 14 hours 29 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 50 minutes in December.

At 34.6°N that puts Lawton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.