What time is it in Harlingen, Texas?
7:53:29 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
- 72,234
Daylight saving in Harlingen
Harlingen is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Harlingen sits at 26.19°N, 97.70°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Harlingen.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Harlingen it is highest at 1:22 pm today — 82 minutes after clock noon.
At 97.7°W, Harlingen 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 Harlingen today
- Sunrise
- 7:20 am
- Sunset
- 7:23 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 47 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Harlingen, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 17 minutes, from 13 hours 47 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 30 minutes in December.
At 26.2°N that puts Harlingen between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.