Cactus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.0523, -102.0020
- Elevation
- 1103 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 197
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2219 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cactus, Texas, United States
Get the current local time in Cactus, Texas, United States, a location in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Cactus, United States
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cactus
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Cactus.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:00 AM Solar noon 1:34 PM Sunset 7:07 PM Daylight 11 h 07 min Night 12 h 53 min Civil twilight 7:34 AM – 7:33 PM
Weather in Cactus right now
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Cactus and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 79013
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 Cactus
- Cactus Texas, United States
- Cactus Galápagos, Ecuador
- Cactus Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Cactus Morelos, Mexico
- Cactus Washington, 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
- Etter — 2.8 km
- Bryden — 5.3 km
- Sheerin Junction — 11.1 km
- Machovec — 12.1 km
- Sheerin — 14.1 km
- Lautz — 15.2 km
Cactus: clock, sun and surroundings
In Etter and Bryden the clock agrees with Cactus.
The area of Cactus is divided into 1 postal code.
Cactus follows America/Chicago, giving it a UTC−5 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? Yes.
Sunrise at Cactus today happens at 8:00 AM, sunset at 7:07 PM. The two are 11 h 07 min apart.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Cactus?
- Cactus is in America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Does Cactus keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Cactus: Yes.
- What time will the sun set in Cactus today?
- Today it sets at 7:07 PM.