Sparta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.9259, -85.4641
- Elevation
- 281 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 096
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 814 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sparta, Tennessee, United States
Read off the current local time in Sparta, Tennessee, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Sparta, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Sparta
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Sparta keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:03 AM Solar noon 12:27 PM Sunset 5:50 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 6:37 AM – 6:16 PM
Weather in Sparta right now
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Sparta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07871
- 22552
- 28675
- 31087
- 38583
- 41086
- 43350
- 49345
- 54656
- 62286
- 65753
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 Sparta
- Sparta New Jersey, United States
- Sparta Peloponnese, Greece
- Sparta Wisconsin, United States
- Sparta Illinois, United States
- Sparta Michigan, 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
- White County — 0.8 km
- Simpsons — 3.5 km
- Dixieland — 3.7 km
- Findlay — 3.8 km
- Cummings — 4.0 km
- Dibrell — 5.0 km
Time and daylight in Sparta
Every address in Sparta sits within one of 11 postal codes.
Standard time in Sparta comes from America/Chicago and equals UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
At Sparta the sun clears the horizon at 7:03 AM and sinks again at 5:50 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 47 min.
The hours shown for Sparta apply equally in White County and Simpsons.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Sparta?
- Sparta is in America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Do clocks in Sparta shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- When does light arrive in Sparta?
- Light arrives at 7:03 AM.