What time is it in Tulsa, Oklahoma?

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

Tulsa sits at 36.13°N, 95.90°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Tulsa.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Tulsa it is highest at 1:15 pm today — 75 minutes after clock noon.

At 95.9°W, Tulsa 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 Tulsa, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 55 minutes, from 14 hours 37 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 42 minutes in December.

At 36.1°N that puts Tulsa between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.