Central in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.1009, -93.1213
- Elevation
- 98 m above sea level
- Region
- Arkansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1531 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central, Arkansas, United States
See the local time in Central, Arkansas, United States right now, measured in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Central, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Central
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Central, Arkansas.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:35 AM Solar noon 11:57 AM Sunset 5:19 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 5:45 PM
Weather in Central right now
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Central and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29630
- 47110
- 84722
- 85531
- 99730
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Arkansas
- Little Rock 202 591
- Fort Smith 88 194
- Fayetteville 82 830
- Springdale 77 859
- Jonesboro 73 907
- North Little Rock 66 504
Other places named Central
- Central Louisiana, United States
- Central Bahia, Brazil
- Central Ontario, Canada
- Central Central and Western, Hong Kong
- Central South Carolina, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Gum Springs — 4.6 km
- Hearn (historical) — 5.7 km
- Arkadelphia — 6.6 km
- Clark County — 7.5 km
- Richwoods — 7.8 km
- De Gray — 8.6 km
Local time details for Central
Across Central, 5 postal codes are recorded.
Central is placed in America/Chicago, and its offset from UTC is −6. Daylight saving observed here: No.
The sun comes up over Central at 6:35 AM today and drops below the horizon at 5:19 PM. That is 10 h 44 min between the two.
Time in Gum Springs and Hearn (historical), both close to Central, runs the same.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Central?
- Central observes the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is there any clock change for daylight saving in Central?
- Daylight saving in Central: No.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Central?
- Today the sun rises at 6:35 AM.