What time is it in Belton, Texas?
7:03:54 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
- 25,635
Daylight saving in Belton
Belton is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Belton sits at 31.05°N, 97.48°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Belton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Belton it is highest at 1:21 pm today — 81 minutes after clock noon.
At 97.5°W, Belton 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 Belton today
- Sunrise
- 7:20 am
- Sunset
- 7:22 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 10 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Belton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 2 minutes, from 14 hours 10 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 8 minutes in December.
At 31.1°N that puts Belton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.