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 page reports the local time in Cistern, Texas, United States, set by the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Cistern, United States
Monday, 7 September 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cistern
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Cistern keeps America/Chicago time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:11 AM Solar noon 1:28 PM Sunset 7:46 PM Daylight 12 h 35 min Night 11 h 25 min Civil twilight 6:46 AM – 8:10 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
Postal coverage of Cistern comes to 3 codes.
Clocks in Cistern are set by America/Chicago and read UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
For Cistern today, sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset is 7:46 PM. Daylight lasts 12 h 35 min.
Neighbours of Cistern such as Colony and Elm Grove share its clock.
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 7:11 AM.