Childress in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.4264, -100.2040
- Elevation
- 570 m above sea level
- Population
- 6 101
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2119 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Childress, Texas, United States
On this page the local time of Childress, Texas, United States is updated live, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Childress, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Childress
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Childress, Texas.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:00 AM Solar noon 1:26 PM Sunset 6:51 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 7:34 AM – 7:17 PM
Weather in Childress right now
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Childress and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 79201
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 Childress
- Childress Arkansas, United States
- Childress Tennessee, United States
- Childress Virginia, United States
- Childress 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
- Childress County — 11.4 km
- Carey — 12.2 km
- Abington — 13.1 km
- Kirkland — 14.0 km
- Tell — 18.4 km
- Smithdale — 18.9 km
Local time details for Childress
Childress includes 1 postal code.
Childress runs on America/Chicago, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
Sunrise reaches Childress at 8:00 AM, and the sun sets at 6:51 PM. Light lasts 10 h 51 min.
Close to Childress, the towns of Childress County and Carey show the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Childress?
- Local time in Childress is determined by America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Childress take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Childress: Yes.
- Sunset in Childress is at what time?
- At 6:51 PM.