Central in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.2722, -95.3836
- Elevation
- 299 m above sea level
- Region
- Kansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1594 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central, Kansas, United States
Watch the current local time in Central, Kansas, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Central, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Central
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Central, Kansas.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:43 AM Solar noon 1:06 PM Sunset 6:30 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 7:16 AM – 6:57 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 Kansas
- Wichita 396 119
- Overland Park 186 515
- Kansas City 152 933
- Olathe 134 305
- Topeka 125 963
- Lawrence 93 917
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
- Glenlock — 5.6 km
- Mont Ida — 6.3 km
- Harris — 7.0 km
- Anderson County — 10.2 km
- Garnett — 12.4 km
- Westphalia — 13.7 km
About the time in Central
Postal areas within Central come to 5.
The time standard for Central is America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies here: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:43 AM in Central today and sunset at 6:30 PM. That marks 10 h 46 min of daylight.
The clock in nearby Glenlock and Mont Ida follows Central.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Central follow?
- Central follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Central?
- Daylight saving time in Central: Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Central?
- At 6:30 PM.