Anchor in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.2083, -95.4733
- Elevation
- 11 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2005 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Anchor, Texas, United States
Look up the current time in Anchor, Texas, United States, which follows the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Anchor, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Anchor
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Anchor.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:31 AM Solar noon 1:07 PM Sunset 6:43 PM Daylight 11 h 13 min Night 12 h 47 min Civil twilight 7:06 AM – 7:08 PM
Weather in Anchor right now
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Anchor and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61720
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 Anchor
- Anchor Illinois, United States
- Anchor England, United Kingdom
- Anchor England, United Kingdom
- Anchor Louisiana, United States
- Anchor Mississippi, 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
- Holiday Lakes — 4.2 km
- Chenango — 5.3 km
- Brazoria County — 5.9 km
- Angleton — 6.2 km
- Bailey's Prairie — 6.7 km
- Bailey Prairie — 7.2 km
Local time details for Anchor
Anchor keeps the same time as its neighbours Holiday Lakes and Chenango.
There is 1 postal code assigned to Anchor.
Anchor keeps time under America/Chicago. That places it at UTC−5, with daylight saving time Yes.
Today in Anchor, daylight opens at 7:31 AM and closes at 6:43 PM. That span measures 11 h 13 min.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Anchor?
- The correct time zone for Anchor is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do the clocks in Anchor go back at any point?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Anchor.
- The sun rises at 7:31 AM.