Local time · Alton
What time is it in Alton, Texas?
3:49:08AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 22,907
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Alton
Alton is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 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 Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Alton it is highest at 12:17 pm today — 17 minutes after clock noon.
At 98.3°W, Alton sits 33 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 33 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Alton today
- Sunrise
- 6:50 am
- Sunset
- 5:44 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 54 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 47 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 54 minutes in Alton, and the day is getting shorter by 1 minute 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.