Central in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.8037, -89.5373
- Elevation
- 150 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 686
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1156 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central, Tennessee, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Central, Tennessee, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Central, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Central
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Central, Tennessee.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:43 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 55 min Night 13 h 05 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 6:37 PM
Weather in Central right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
Central and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29630
- 47110
- 84722
- 85531
- 99730
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 Tennessee
- Nashville 689 447
- New South Memphis 641 608
- Memphis 633 104
- Knoxville 190 740
- Chattanooga 181 099
- Clarksville 166 722
Other places named Central
- Central Louisiana, United States
- Central Bahia, Brazil
- Central Ontario, Canada
- Central Central and Western, Hong Kong
- Central South Carolina, United States
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
- Flippin — 4.4 km
- Edith — 5.0 km
- Abernathy (historical) — 5.9 km
- Dry Hill — 6.4 km
- Ripley — 6.5 km
- Arp — 6.8 km
About the time in Central
The sun rises today at 7:16 AM in Central and sets at 6:11 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 55 min.
Nearby Flippin and Edith follow the same clock as Central.
Central appears under 5 postal codes.
The time zone assigned to Central is America/Chicago, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Central?
- The time zone covering Central is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in Central?
- Daylight saving in Central: Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Central?
- The sun sets in Central at 6:11 PM.