What time is it in Arlington, Texas?
7:03:50 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
- 403,672
Daylight saving in Arlington
Arlington is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 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 Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Arlington it is highest at 1:20 pm today — 80 minutes after clock noon.
At 97.1°W, Arlington 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 Arlington today
- Sunrise
- 7:18 am
- Sunset
- 7:21 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 18 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 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.