Merriam in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.0236, -94.6936
- Elevation
- 277 m above sea level
- Population
- 11 288
- Region
- Kansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1524 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Merriam, Kansas, United States
This page answers what time it is in Merriam, Kansas, United States right now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Merriam, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Merriam
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Merriam, Kansas.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:47 AM Solar noon 12:03 PM Sunset 5:20 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:20 AM – 5:47 PM
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Merriam and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 66286 Shawnee — 3.1 km away
- 66226 Shawnee — 3.1 km away
- 66218 Shawnee — 3.1 km away
- 66217 Shawnee — 3.1 km away
- 66216 Shawnee — 3.1 km away
- 66203 Shawnee — 3.1 km away
- 66201 Mission — 3.3 km away
- 66202 Mission — 3.3 km away
- 66205 Mission — 3.3 km away
- 66222 Mission — 3.3 km away
- 66204 Overland Park — 3.7 km away
- 66106 Kansas City — 5.5 km away
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 Merriam
- Merriam Illinois, United States
- Merriam Indiana, United States
- Merriam Minnesota, United States
- Merriam Ohio, 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
- Shawnee — 3.1 km
- Mission — 3.3 km
- Countryside — 3.5 km
- Fairway — 5.3 km
- Elmhurst — 5.5 km
- Grays Park — 6.0 km
About the time in Merriam
Merriam sits under America/Chicago, which puts local clocks at UTC−5. Daylight saving in use: Yes.
Today's daylight in Merriam begins at 6:47 AM and finishes at 5:20 PM. The total is 10 h 33 min.
Shawnee and Mission are close to Merriam and observe the same time.
Mail addressed to Merriam uses 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is used in Merriam?
- The time zone used in Merriam is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Merriam keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Merriam: Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Merriam.
- The sunset hour is 5:20 PM.