Poteau in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.0537, -94.6236
- Elevation
- 149 m above sea level
- Population
- 8 732
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1617 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Poteau, Oklahoma, United States
Current local time for Poteau, Oklahoma, United States is listed here, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Poteau, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Poteau
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Poteau keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:53 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 10 h 22 min Night 13 h 38 min Civil twilight 6:26 AM – 5:42 PM
Weather in Poteau right now
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Poteau and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 74953
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 Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City 681 054
- Tulsa 413 066
- Norman 128 026
- Broken Arrow 106 563
- Lawton 96 655
- Edmond 90 092
Other places named Poteau
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
- Sorrels — 3.4 km
- Neff — 3.6 km
- Witteville — 4.4 km
- Smacker — 5.8 km
- Yerby — 7.7 km
- Shady Point — 9.1 km
Local time details for Poteau
Locations in Poteau are covered by 1 postal code.
The clock standard in Poteau is America/Chicago, offset by UTC−6. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Daylight in Poteau starts at 6:53 AM and ends at 5:15 PM today. It lasts 10 h 22 min.
Poteau shares one clock with the nearby places Sorrels and Neff.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Poteau in?
- Poteau is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is summer time applied in Poteau?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in Poteau?
- Daylight begins at 6:53 AM.