What time is it in Alton, Texas?
7:03:56 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 22,907
Daylight saving in Alton
Alton is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Alton sits at 26.29°N, 98.31°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Alton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Alton it is highest at 1:24 pm today — 84 minutes after clock noon.
At 98.3°W, Alton 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.
Daylight in Alton today
- Sunrise
- 7:23 am
- Sunset
- 7:26 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 47 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Alton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 18 minutes, from 13 hours 47 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 29 minutes in December.
At 26.3°N that puts Alton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.