Local time · Lubbock
What time is it in Lubbock, Texas?
3:48:55AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 272,086
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Lubbock
Lubbock is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Lubbock sits at 33.56°N, 101.89°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Lubbock.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Lubbock it is highest at 12:31 pm today — 31 minutes after clock noon.
At 101.9°W, Lubbock sits 48 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 48 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Lubbock today
- Sunrise
- 7:17 am
- Sunset
- 5:46 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 28 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 23 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 28 minutes in Lubbock, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 28 minutes, from 14 hours 23 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 55 minutes in December.
At 33.6°N that puts Lubbock between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.