Childress in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.4279, -82.2635
- Elevation
- 450 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 536 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Childress, Tennessee, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Childress, Tennessee, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Childress, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Childress
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Childress.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:56 AM Solar noon 12:14 PM Sunset 5:31 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 6:29 AM – 5:58 PM
Weather in Childress right now
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Childress and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 79201
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 Childress
- Childress Texas, United States
- Childress Arkansas, United States
- Childress Virginia, United States
- Childress Virginia, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Piney Flats — 3.7 km
- Bluff City — 5.2 km
- Barnetts — 5.4 km
- Keenburg — 5.6 km
- Range — 6.6 km
- Watauga Flats — 7.0 km
Time and daylight in Childress
Postal service in Childress uses 1 codes.
The zone in force in Childress is America/New_York, with an offset of UTC−5. Seasonal change: No.
Today the sun rises over Childress at 6:56 AM and sets at 5:31 PM. That is 10 h 35 min of daylight in all.
Nearby places that share Childress's clock include Piney Flats and Bluff City.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Childress?
- The time in Childress is calculated using America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks in Childress shift for daylight saving time?
- No.
- Which time marks sunset in Childress?
- 5:31 PM marks sunset.