What time is it in Universal City, Texas?
7:53:44 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
- 20,267
Daylight saving in Universal City
Universal City is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Universal City sits at 29.55°N, 98.31°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Universal City.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Universal City it is highest at 1:24 pm today — 84 minutes after clock noon.
At 98.3°W, Universal City 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 Universal City today
- Sunrise
- 7:23 am
- Sunset
- 7:26 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 2 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Universal City, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 48 minutes, from 14 hours 2 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 15 minutes in December.
At 29.6°N that puts Universal City between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.