Central in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.4650, -90.3468
- Elevation
- 325 m above sea level
- Region
- Missouri
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1173 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central, Missouri, United States
What follows is the current local time in Central, Missouri, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Central, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Central
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Central, Missouri.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:22 AM Solar noon 12:46 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 48 min Night 13 h 12 min Civil twilight 6:55 AM – 6:37 PM
Weather in Central right now
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Central and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29630
- 47110
- 84722
- 85531
- 99730
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
Other places named Central
- Central Louisiana, United States
- Central Bahia, Brazil
- Central Ontario, Canada
- Central Central and Western, Hong Kong
- Central South Carolina, 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
- Madison County — 1.5 km
- Cherokee Pass — 4.6 km
- Zion — 5.8 km
- Creek Nation — 6.6 km
- Millcreek — 7.6 km
- Faro — 8.3 km
About the time in Central
Madison County and Cherokee Pass sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Central.
Central spans 5 postal codes.
The local zone in Central is America/Chicago, standing at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving applies: Yes.
Central greets the sun at 7:22 AM and loses it at 6:11 PM today. Daylight runs to 10 h 48 min.
Questions and answers
- Can you tell me the time zone for Central?
- Central is in America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks in Central shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Central?
- It sets at 6:11 PM.