Local time · Arlington
What time is it in Arlington, Texas?
3:49:05AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 403,672
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Arlington
Arlington is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Arlington sits at 32.70°N, 97.12°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Arlington.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Arlington it is highest at 12:12 pm today — 12 minutes after clock noon.
At 97.1°W, Arlington sits 28 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 28 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Arlington today
- Sunrise
- 6:56 am
- Sunset
- 5:28 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 32 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 18 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 32 minutes in Arlington, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 19 minutes, from 14 hours 18 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours in December.
At 32.7°N that puts Arlington between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.