Lancaster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.5209, -92.5280
- Elevation
- 287 m above sea level
- Population
- 724
- Region
- Missouri
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1336 km away
- Same name
- 37 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lancaster, Missouri, United States
Find out what time it is now in Lancaster, Missouri, United States — the local clock runs on America/Chicago (−6).
Lancaster, United States
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lancaster
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Lancaster, Missouri.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:47 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:03 PM Daylight 10 h 16 min Night 13 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:31 PM
Weather in Lancaster right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
Lancaster and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01523
- 03584
- 14086
- 17601
- 17602
- 17603
- 17604
- 17605
- 17606
- 17607
- 17608
- 17611
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 Lancaster
- Lancaster California, United States
- Lancaster Pennsylvania, United States
- Lancaster England, United Kingdom
- Lancaster Ohio, United States
- Lancaster Texas, 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
- Glenwood — 4.1 km
- Glenwood Junction — 5.1 km
- Schuyler County — 5.7 km
- Julesburg — 9.3 km
- Germania — 11.0 km
- Clifton — 11.1 km
Time and daylight in Lancaster
Locations in Lancaster are covered by 12 postal codes.
The zone in force in Lancaster is America/Chicago, with an offset of UTC−6. Seasonal change: No.
In Lancaster the sun appears at 6:47 AM and disappears at 5:03 PM today. Daylight stretches 10 h 16 min.
Lancaster and its neighbours Glenwood and Glenwood Junction keep one clock.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Lancaster follow?
- Lancaster follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does the time in Lancaster shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Lancaster?
- Sunset there is at 5:03 PM.