Houston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.0334, -92.6946
- Elevation
- 94 m above sea level
- Population
- 169
- Region
- Arkansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1454 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Houston, Arkansas, United States
Learn the current time in Houston, Arkansas, United States, a place in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Houston, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Houston
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Houston, Arkansas.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:57 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 11 h 18 min Night 12 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 7:02 PM
Weather in Houston right now
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Houston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15342
- 19954
- 35572
- 38851
- 45333
- 55943
- 65483
- 72070
- 77001
- 77002
- 77003
- 77004
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 Houston
- Houston Texas, United States
- Houston Scotland, United Kingdom
- Houston Mississippi, United States
- Houston British Columbia, Canada
- Houston Alaska, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
- Nashville United States
Nearby places
- Copperas Gap (historical) — 3.8 km
- Bunker Hill — 4.7 km
- Moab (historical) — 4.8 km
- Sweet Home — 5.9 km
- Sandtown (historical) — 6.5 km
- Graytown — 6.8 km
About the time in Houston
12 codes are used to address mail in Houston.
Clocks in Houston take America/Chicago as their zone, reading UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Sunrise comes to Houston at 7:18 AM and sunset at 6:36 PM today. Together that makes 11 h 18 min of light.
The same hours are kept in Houston and in nearby Copperas Gap (historical) and Bunker Hill.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to Houston?
- The time zone name for Houston is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Houston?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunset time in Houston?
- Local sunset is 6:36 PM.