What time is it in Odessa, Texas?
7:53:21 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
- 119,748
Daylight saving in Odessa
Odessa is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Odessa sits at 31.88°N, 102.35°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Odessa.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Odessa it is highest at 1:40 pm today — 100 minutes after clock noon.
At 102.3°W, Odessa 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 Odessa today
- Sunrise
- 7:39 am
- Sunset
- 7:42 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 14 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Odessa, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 10 minutes, from 14 hours 14 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 4 minutes in December.
At 31.9°N that puts Odessa between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.