Desert in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.3884, -96.4019
- Elevation
- 214 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1839 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Desert, Texas, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Desert, Texas, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Desert, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Desert
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Desert.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 1:11 PM Sunset 6:40 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 7:15 AM – 7:06 PM
Weather in Desert right now
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Desert and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 75485 Westminster — 6.4 km away
- 75490 Trenton — 7.0 km away
- 75424 Blue Ridge — 9.2 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
Other places named Desert
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
- Nobility — 3.6 km
- Pilot Grove — 5.9 km
- Westminster — 6.3 km
- Delba — 6.7 km
- Sedalia — 7.1 km
- Trenton — 7.5 km
Local time details for Desert
Desert runs its day on America/Chicago, which is offset UTC−5. Seasonal time adjustment: Yes.
Sunrise falls at 7:41 AM today in Desert, with the sun setting at 6:40 PM. That leaves 10 h 59 min of light.
Nobility and Pilot Grove are near Desert and do not differ from it in time.
Within Desert, postal codes number 3.
Questions and answers
- Where does Desert fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Desert falls within America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time reach Desert?
- Daylight saving time in Desert: Yes.
- When does daylight begin in Desert?
- Daylight begins at 7:41 AM.