What time is it in Richardson, Texas?

Richardson is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 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.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Richardson it is highest at 1:18 pm today — 78 minutes after clock noon.

At 96.7°W, Richardson 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.

Today runs 12 hours 2 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.