Houston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.2415, -87.9178
- Elevation
- 164 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1047 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Houston, Tennessee, United States
This page carries the current local time for Houston, Tennessee, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Houston, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Houston
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Houston.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:15 AM Solar noon 11:36 AM Sunset 4:58 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 5:49 AM – 5:24 PM
Weather in Houston right now
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Houston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15342
- 19954
- 35572
- 38851
- 45333
- 55943
- 65483
- 72070
- 77001
- 77002
- 77003
- 77004
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 Houston
- Houston Texas, United States
- Houston Scotland, United Kingdom
- Houston Mississippi, United States
- Houston British Columbia, Canada
- Houston Alaska, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
- Nashville United States
Nearby places
- Browntown (historical) — 5.4 km
- Martins Mills — 5.4 km
- Sorby (historical) — 7.6 km
- Clifton Junction — 8.0 km
- Lutts — 10.2 km
- Olivehill — 11.0 km
Time and daylight in Houston
Houston tells time by America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
The sun breaks the horizon at Houston at 6:15 AM and leaves it at 4:58 PM. Daylight comes to 10 h 43 min.
Nearby Browntown (historical) and Martins Mills follow the same clock as Houston.
Records show 12 postal codes for Houston.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Houston?
- Time in Houston follows the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Does Houston have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Houston: No.
- When does the sun appear in Houston?
- It appears at 6:15 AM.