Cape Girardeau in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.3059, -89.5182
- Population
- 39 462
- Region
- Missouri
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1105 km away
What time is it in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
The clock for Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States is kept here in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Cape Girardeau, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cape Girardeau
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Cape Girardeau keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:26 AM Solar noon 11:43 AM Sunset 5:00 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 5:59 AM – 5:27 PM
Weather in Cape Girardeau right now
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Cape Girardeau and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 63701
- 63702
- 63703
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 Missouri
- Kansas City 475 378
- St. Louis 279 695
- Springfield 170 188
- Kansas City 152 933
- Columbia 129 330
- Independence 117 255
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
- Decatur — 1.3 km
- East Cape Girardeau — 2.2 km
- Mcclure — 7.8 km
- Elmwood (historical) — 8.1 km
- Hilltop — 8.3 km
- Grays Point (historical) — 8.5 km
Local time details for Cape Girardeau
Postal codes valid in Cape Girardeau number 3.
Cape Girardeau sits under America/Chicago, which puts local clocks at UTC−6. Daylight saving in use: No.
The sun breaks the horizon at Cape Girardeau at 6:26 AM and leaves it at 5:00 PM. Daylight comes to 10 h 34 min.
The time you see for Cape Girardeau is also correct for Decatur and East Cape Girardeau.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Cape Girardeau?
- In Cape Girardeau, the applicable time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Do the clocks in Cape Girardeau go back at any point?
- No.
- What time does the day end in Cape Girardeau?
- The sun sets at 5:00 PM.