Amherst in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.0104, -102.4150
- Elevation
- 1113 m above sea level
- Population
- 683
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2326 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Amherst, Texas, United States
This page displays how late it is in Amherst, Texas, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Amherst, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Amherst
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Amherst.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:05 AM Solar noon 1:35 PM Sunset 7:04 PM Daylight 11 h 00 min Night 13 h 00 min Civil twilight 7:39 AM – 7:30 PM
Weather in Amherst right now
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Amherst and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01002
- 01003
- 01004
- 03031
- 24521
- 44001
- 54406
- 57421
- 68812
- 79312
- 80721
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 Texas
- Houston 2 314 157
- San Antonio 1 526 656
- Dallas 1 326 087
- Fort Worth 1 008 106
- Austin 974 447
- El Paso 678 815
Other places named Amherst
- Amherst New York, United States
- Amherst Massachusetts, United States
- Amherst Ohio, United States
- Amherst Nova Scotia, Canada
- Amherst Virginia, 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
- Sudan-Amherst — 5.8 km
- Cofferville — 8.2 km
- Lamb County — 8.7 km
- Sudan — 11.9 km
- Littlefield — 12.5 km
- Beck — 12.7 km
Amherst: clock, sun and surroundings
Local clocks in Amherst follow the America/Chicago zone, UTC−5. Do they shift for daylight saving? Yes.
In Amherst, first light arrives at 8:05 AM and the sun goes down at 7:04 PM. The day holds 11 h 00 min of light.
Neighbouring Sudan-Amherst and Cofferville sit in the same time as Amherst.
11 postal codes have been allocated to Amherst.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for Amherst?
- The time zone label used for Amherst is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Amherst stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Amherst: Yes.
- Sunset in Amherst is at what time?
- At 7:04 PM.