Central in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.2962, -92.8530
- Elevation
- 94 m above sea level
- Region
- Arkansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1499 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central, Arkansas, United States
Local time right now in Central, Arkansas, United States appears above, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Central, United States
Thursday, 5 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 6:36 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 5:16 PM Daylight 10 h 40 min Night 13 h 20 min Civil twilight 6:10 AM – 5:42 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
- Etta (historical) — 2.6 km
- Elmore (historical) — 2.6 km
- Walco (historical) — 5.8 km
- Twin Oak (historical) — 6.0 km
- Abco — 6.3 km
- Fleming (historical) — 6.3 km
Local time details for Central
Time in Elmore (historical) and Etta (historical), both close to Central, runs the same.
Every address in Central sits within one of 5 postal codes.
The time zone here in Central is America/Chicago, offset UTC−6. Does daylight saving apply? No.
Sunrise happens at 6:36 AM in Central today and sunset at 5:16 PM. That marks 10 h 40 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Central?
- Use America/Chicago for Central; its offset is −6.
- Does Central observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in Central?
- In Central the sun rises at 6:36 AM.