Local time · Waco
What time is it in Waco, Texas?
3:48:43AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 146,608
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Waco
Waco is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 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 Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Waco it is highest at 12:13 pm today — 13 minutes after clock noon.
At 97.2°W, Waco sits 29 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 29 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Waco today
- Sunrise
- 6:55 am
- Sunset
- 5:30 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 36 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 12 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 36 minutes in Waco, and the day is getting shorter by 1 minute 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.