Lincoln in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.8000, -96.6670
- Population
- 294 757
- Region
- Nebraska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1686 km away
- Same name
- 60 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
The current local time in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States is displayed here for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Lincoln, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lincoln
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Lincoln.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:56 AM Solar noon 1:11 PM Sunset 6:27 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 7:27 AM – 6:55 PM
Weather in Lincoln right now
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Lincoln and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01773
- 02865
- 03251
- 04457
- 19960
- 20160
- 35096
- 48742
- 50652
- 59639
- 62656
- 65338
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 Nebraska
Other places named Lincoln
- Lincoln England, United Kingdom
- Lincoln California, United States
- Lincoln Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Lincoln Rhode Island, United States
- Lincoln Auckland, New Zealand
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
- Lancaster County — 2.5 km
- College View — 3.3 km
- Bethany — 4.6 km
- University Place — 4.6 km
- Shamrock Mobile Home Court — 4.7 km
- Center Court Mobile Home Park — 5.1 km
Lincoln: clock, sun and surroundings
12 codes make up the postal map of Lincoln.
Local time in Lincoln comes from the America/Chicago zone, UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Lincoln has sunrise at 7:56 AM today and sunset at 6:27 PM. Light holds for 10 h 31 min.
Time in Lancaster County and College View, both close to Lincoln, runs the same.
Questions and answers
- How is Lincoln's time zone listed?
- Lincoln's time zone is listed as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Lincoln adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- Yes.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Lincoln.
- They are 7:56 AM and 6:27 PM.