What time is it in Waco, Texas?
7:03:33 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
- 146,608
Daylight saving in Waco
Waco is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Waco sits at 31.56°N, 97.19°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Waco.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Waco it is highest at 1:20 pm today — 80 minutes after clock noon.
At 97.2°W, Waco 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 Waco today
- Sunrise
- 7:19 am
- Sunset
- 7:21 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 12 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Waco, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 7 minutes, from 14 hours 12 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 5 minutes in December.
At 31.6°N that puts Waco between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.