Clay Center in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.5217, -98.0553
- Elevation
- 544 m above sea level
- Population
- 730
- Region
- Nebraska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1803 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
Watch the current local time in Clay Center, Nebraska, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Clay Center, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Clay Center
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Clay Center keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
Sunrise 7:04 AM Solar noon 12:17 PM Sunset 5:29 PM Daylight 10 h 25 min Night 13 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:36 AM – 5:58 PM
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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.
Clay Center uses the America/Chicago time zone with a UTC−6 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: No.
Today, Clay Center has first light at 7:04 AM and last light at 5:29 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 25 min.
The time you see for Clay Center is also correct for Clay County and Verona.
3 codes are used to address mail in Clay Center.