Local time · Amarillo
What time is it in Amarillo, Texas?
3:48:39AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 203,729
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Amarillo
Amarillo is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Amarillo sits at 35.20°N, 101.83°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Amarillo.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Amarillo it is highest at 12:31 pm today — 31 minutes after clock noon.
At 101.8°W, Amarillo sits 47 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 47 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Amarillo today
- Sunrise
- 7:20 am
- Sunset
- 5:42 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 22 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 32 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 22 minutes in Amarillo, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 45 minutes, from 14 hours 32 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 47 minutes in December.
At 35.2°N that puts Amarillo between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.