Local time · Allen
What time is it in Allen, Texas?
3:48:51AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 113,746
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Allen
Allen is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Allen sits at 33.11°N, 96.67°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Allen.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Allen it is highest at 12:10 pm today — 10 minutes after clock noon.
At 96.7°W, Allen sits 27 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 27 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Allen today
- Sunrise
- 6:55 am
- Sunset
- 5:26 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 30 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 20 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 30 minutes in Allen, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 23 minutes, from 14 hours 20 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 58 minutes in December.
At 33.1°N that puts Allen between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.