Abilene in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.9172, -97.2139
- Elevation
- 352 m above sea level
- Population
- 6 558
- Region
- Kansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1742 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Abilene, Kansas, United States
Read off the current local time in Abilene, Kansas, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Abilene, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Abilene
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Abilene.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:48 AM Solar noon 1:14 PM Sunset 6:40 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 7:21 AM – 7:07 PM
Weather in Abilene right now
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Abilene and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 67410
- 79601
- 79602
- 79603
- 79604
- 79605
- 79606
- 79608
- 79697
- 79698
- 79699
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 Kansas
- Wichita 396 119
- Overland Park 186 515
- Kansas City 152 933
- Olathe 134 305
- Topeka 125 963
- Lawrence 93 917
Other places named Abilene
- Abilene Texas, United States
- Abilene Alberta, Canada
- Abilene California, United States
- Abilene Georgia, United States
- Abilene 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
- Cottonwood Mobile Home Park — 1.1 km
- Red Rock Mobile Home Park — 3.0 km
- Sand Spring — 6.2 km
- Dickinson County — 7.7 km
- Detroit — 8.3 km
- Enterprise — 8.5 km
About the time in Abilene
Addressing within Abilene draws on 11 postal codes.
Abilene keeps time under America/Chicago. That places it at UTC−5, with daylight saving time Yes.
The sky over Abilene lightens at 7:48 AM and the sun sets at 6:40 PM. Daylight runs for 10 h 51 min today.
Nothing changes on the clock between Abilene and neighbouring Cottonwood Mobile Home Park or Red Rock Mobile Home Park.
Questions and answers
- Is Abilene in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Abilene is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Abilene observe daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Abilene.
- The sun rises at 7:48 AM.