What time is it in Galveston, Texas?
7:54:25 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
- 53,538
Daylight saving in Galveston
Galveston is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Galveston sits at 29.19°N, 94.97°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Galveston.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Galveston it is highest at 1:11 pm today — 71 minutes after clock noon.
At 95.0°W, Galveston 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 Galveston today
- Sunrise
- 7:10 am
- Sunset
- 7:12 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 1 minute
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Galveston, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 44 minutes, from 14 hours 1 minute at the June solstice down to 10 hours 16 minutes in December.
At 29.2°N that puts Galveston between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.