Local time · Richardson
What time is it in Richardson, Texas?
3:49:01AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 118,221
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Richardson
Richardson is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Richardson sits at 32.97°N, 96.71°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Richardson.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Richardson it is highest at 12:11 pm today — 11 minutes after clock noon.
At 96.7°W, Richardson sits 27 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 27 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Richardson today
- Sunrise
- 6:55 am
- Sunset
- 5:26 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 31 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 20 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 31 minutes in Richardson, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 21 minutes, from 14 hours 20 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 58 minutes in December.
At 33.0°N that puts Richardson between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.