Red Cloud in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.0889, -98.5195
- Elevation
- 523 m above sea level
- Population
- 963
- Region
- Nebraska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1844 km away
What time is it in Red Cloud, Nebraska, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Red Cloud, Nebraska, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Red Cloud, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Red Cloud
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Red Cloud.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:55 AM Solar noon 1:19 PM Sunset 6:43 PM Daylight 10 h 48 min Night 13 h 12 min Civil twilight 7:28 AM – 7:11 PM
Weather in Red Cloud right now
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Red Cloud and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 68970
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
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
- Lester Junction — 6.5 km
- Amboy — 6.9 km
- Webster County — 9.9 km
- Pawnee Village — 10.4 km
- Inavale — 11.1 km
- Cowles — 11.1 km
Red Cloud: clock, sun and surroundings
Postal codes in Red Cloud number 1.
Red Cloud carries the America/Chicago zone, offset UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is applied: Yes.
The sky over Red Cloud lightens at 7:55 AM and the sun sets at 6:43 PM. Daylight runs for 10 h 48 min today.
Lester Junction and Amboy lie near Red Cloud and keep identical time.
Questions and answers
- What is the local time zone in Red Cloud?
- The local time zone in Red Cloud is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Red Cloud?
- Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Red Cloud?
- Today the sun rises at 7:55 AM.