What time is it in Brownwood, Texas?

Brownwood is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Brownwood sits at 31.71°N, 98.98°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Brownwood.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Brownwood it is highest at 1:27 pm today — 87 minutes after clock noon.

At 99.0°W, Brownwood 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.

Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Brownwood, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 9 minutes, from 14 hours 13 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 5 minutes in December.

At 31.7°N that puts Brownwood between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.