Sparta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.0012, -93.0816
- Elevation
- 428 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 792
- Region
- Missouri
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1421 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sparta, Missouri, United States
See the local time in Sparta, Missouri, United States right now, measured in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Sparta, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Sparta
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Sparta keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 11:57 AM Sunset 5:11 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:16 AM – 5:38 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
- Oldfield — 4.5 km
- Velsor — 4.6 km
- Shady Grove — 5.6 km
- Linden — 6.9 km
- Mccracken — 7.0 km
- Pembina — 8.1 km
Time and daylight in Sparta
Sunrise comes to Sparta at 6:44 AM and sunset at 5:11 PM today. Together that makes 10 h 27 min of light.
Anyone in Oldfield or Velsor reads the same clock as Sparta.
The postal code count for Sparta is 11.
Time in Sparta runs on America/Chicago, which is UTC−6. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Sparta?
- Sparta observes the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is the hour in Sparta changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- No.
- When does light arrive in Sparta?
- Light arrives at 6:44 AM.