Childress in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.9617, -90.3423
- Elevation
- 73 m above sea level
- Region
- Arkansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1218 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Childress, Arkansas, United States
Read off the current local time in Childress, Arkansas, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Childress, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Childress
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Childress.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:28 AM Solar noon 11:46 AM Sunset 5:04 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 6:01 AM – 5:31 PM
Weather in Childress right now
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Childress and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 79201
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 Childress
- Childress Texas, United States
- Childress Tennessee, United States
- Childress Virginia, United States
- Childress Virginia, 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
- Red Onion — 3.8 km
- Macey — 4.1 km
- Happy Corners — 5.1 km
- Cockrum — 5.5 km
- Delfore — 6.2 km
- Miller — 7.6 km
Childress: clock, sun and surroundings
The zone applied in Childress is America/Chicago with offset UTC−6. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
The sun shows itself over Childress at 6:28 AM and sets at 5:04 PM today. That is 10 h 36 min of light.
Nearby, Red Onion and Macey go by the same clock as Childress.
Childress is covered by 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Childress?
- The time zone name used for Childress is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Childress keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Childress: No.
- When does the sun go down in Childress?
- Sunset in Childress is at 5:04 PM.