Cistern in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.8158, -97.2186
- Elevation
- 142 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2103 km away
What time is it in Cistern, Texas, United States
This is the current time in Cistern, Texas, United States, shown for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Cistern, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cistern
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Cistern keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:40 AM Solar noon 1:14 PM Sunset 6:48 PM Daylight 11 h 08 min Night 12 h 52 min Civil twilight 7:15 AM – 7:12 PM
Weather in Cistern right now
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Cistern and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 78949 Muldoon — 11.5 km away
- 78953 Rosanky — 15.0 km away
- 78941 Flatonia — 16.5 km away
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
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
- Colony — 6.5 km
- Elm Grove — 6.9 km
- Jeddo — 9.3 km
- Kovar — 9.6 km
- Armstrong — 10.3 km
- Fords Prairie — 10.6 km
Time and daylight in Cistern
Set your clock for Cistern and it will also be right in Colony and Elm Grove.
Postal designations for Cistern total 3.
Clocks in Cistern are set by America/Chicago and read UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:40 AM in Cistern today and sunset at 6:48 PM. That marks 11 h 08 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Cistern?
- In Cistern, the applicable time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do the clocks in Cistern go back at any point?
- Yes.
- At what time is the sun rising in Cistern?
- The sun is rising at 7:40 AM.