Topeka in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.0360, -95.6954
- Population
- 125 963
- Region
- Kansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1610 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Topeka, Kansas, United States
Look up the current time in Topeka, Kansas, United States, which follows the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Topeka, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Topeka
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Topeka.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:45 AM Solar noon 1:08 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 7:17 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in Topeka right now
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Topeka and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 46571
- 61567
- 66601
- 66603
- 66604
- 66605
- 66606
- 66607
- 66608
- 66609
- 66610
- 66611
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
- Lawrence 93 917
- Shawnee 65 046
Other places named Topeka
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
- Central Park — 0.8 km
- Monroe — 1.3 km
- Old-Town — 2.0 km
- Adams Heights Mobile Home Park — 2.2 km
- Potwin — 2.9 km
- Highland Park — 3.0 km
About the time in Topeka
The zone applied in Topeka is America/Chicago with offset UTC−5. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Topeka has sunrise at 7:45 AM today and sunset at 6:31 PM. Light holds for 10 h 46 min.
The time in Topeka is also the time in nearby Central Park and Monroe.
12 postal codes are current for Topeka.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to Topeka?
- The time zone name for Topeka is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Topeka stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Topeka: Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Topeka?
- It appears at 7:45 AM.