What time is it in West Odessa, Texas?
7:55:27 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
- 33,340
Daylight saving in West Odessa
West Odessa is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
West Odessa sits at 31.84°N, 102.50°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in West Odessa.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over West Odessa it is highest at 1:41 pm today — 101 minutes after clock noon.
At 102.5°W, West Odessa 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 West Odessa today
- Sunrise
- 7:40 am
- Sunset
- 7:42 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 14 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in West Odessa, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 10 minutes, from 14 hours 14 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 4 minutes in December.
At 31.8°N that puts West Odessa between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.