Franklin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.0961, -98.9526
- Elevation
- 568 m above sea level
- Population
- 920
- Region
- Nebraska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1881 km away
- Same name
- 71 more places in the world share this name
The local time in Franklin, Nebraska, United States — in the America/Chicago time zone (−6) — is shown on this page.
Franklin, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Franklin
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Franklin, Nebraska.
Sunrise 7:21 AM Solar noon 12:22 PM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 10 h 01 min Night 13 h 59 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 5:51 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.
Nearby places like Bloomington and Franklin County are on Franklin time.
12 postal codes are current for Franklin.
Franklin works to America/Chicago time, set at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Franklin greets the sun at 7:21 AM and loses it at 5:22 PM today. Daylight runs to 10 h 01 min.