Wichita in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.6922, -97.3375
- Population
- 396 119
- Region
- Kansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1773 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Wichita, Kansas, United States
The reading below is the local time in Wichita, Kansas, United States, taken from the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Wichita, United States
Thursday, 5 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Wichita
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Wichita.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:00 AM Solar noon 12:14 PM Sunset 5:28 PM Daylight 10 h 29 min Night 13 h 31 min Civil twilight 6:32 AM – 5:56 PM
Weather in Wichita right now
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Wichita and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 67201
- 67202
- 67203
- 67204
- 67205
- 67206
- 67207
- 67208
- 67209
- 67210
- 67211
- 67212
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
- Overland Park 186 515
- Kansas City 152 933
- Olathe 134 305
- Topeka 125 963
- Lawrence 93 917
- Shawnee 65 046
Other places named Wichita
- Wichita Iowa, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Cow Town — 1.8 km
- Midtown Mobile Home Park — 2.1 km
- Powell Mobile Home Park — 4.3 km
- Reds Mobile Home Park — 4.9 km
- Orchard Park Mobile Home Park — 5.3 km
- Reed - A - Way Mobile Home Park — 5.5 km
Wichita: clock, sun and surroundings
The hours shown for Wichita apply equally in Cow Town and Midtown Mobile Home Park.
Wichita is mapped by 12 postal codes.
Wichita is served by the America/Chicago time zone, offset UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Sun-up in Wichita is 7:00 AM today and sun-down is 5:28 PM. That gap holds 10 h 29 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Wichita?
- Local time in Wichita is determined by America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Wichita use summer time?
- No.
- What time will the sun set in Wichita today?
- Today it sets at 5:28 PM.