Fort Scott in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.8398, -94.7083
- Elevation
- 258 m above sea level
- Population
- 7 838
- Region
- Kansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1543 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fort Scott, Kansas, United States
Learn the current time in Fort Scott, Kansas, United States, a place in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Fort Scott, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fort Scott
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Fort Scott keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:45 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:49 PM
Weather in Fort Scott right now
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Fort Scott and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 66701
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.
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- Wichita 396 119
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- Lawrence 93 917
Other places named Fort Scott
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Nearby places
Time and daylight in Fort Scott
Same time, different place: Edward and Godfrey near Fort Scott.
Mail delivery in Fort Scott relies on 1 postal code.
Fort Scott lies in the America/Chicago time zone, offset UTC−6. Seasonal adjustment of clocks: No.
Sunrise today is 6:45 AM in Fort Scott, with sunset at 5:22 PM. That works out to 10 h 36 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Fort Scott?
- America/Chicago corresponds to Fort Scott and has an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time used in Fort Scott?
- No.
- When does the sun disappear in Fort Scott?
- It disappears at 5:22 PM.