Sparta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.6503, -94.8330
- Elevation
- 348 m above sea level
- Region
- Missouri
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1532 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sparta, Missouri, United States
Find out what time it is now in Sparta, Missouri, United States — the local clock runs on America/Chicago (−5).
Sparta, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Sparta
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Sparta, Missouri.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:44 AM Solar noon 1:04 PM Sunset 6:24 PM Daylight 10 h 40 min Night 13 h 20 min Civil twilight 7:17 AM – 6:52 PM
Weather in Sparta right now
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Sparta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07871
- 22552
- 28675
- 31087
- 38583
- 41086
- 43350
- 49345
- 54656
- 62286
- 65753
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 Sparta
- Sparta New Jersey, United States
- Sparta Peloponnese, Greece
- Sparta Wisconsin, United States
- Sparta Tennessee, United States
- Sparta Illinois, 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
- Richie — 2.0 km
- Pinkston — 2.5 km
- Buchanan County — 2.5 km
- Maxey — 2.6 km
- Willow Brook — 3.8 km
- Kyle — 4.0 km
Local time details for Sparta
Sparta sees first light at 7:44 AM today and the sun sets at 6:24 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 40 min.
There is no time difference between Sparta and nearby Richie or Buchanan County.
Postal areas within Sparta come to 11.
Time in Sparta runs on America/Chicago, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Sparta?
- The time zone local to Sparta is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Sparta observe daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- When does light leave Sparta?
- Light leaves at 6:24 PM.