Elgin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.3496, -97.3703
- Elevation
- 177 m above sea level
- Population
- 9 039
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2083 km away
- Same name
- 33 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Elgin, Texas, United States
Below is the local time in Elgin, Texas, United States, kept in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Elgin, United States
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Elgin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Elgin keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:37 AM Solar noon 1:15 PM Sunset 6:54 PM Daylight 11 h 17 min Night 12 h 43 min Civil twilight 7:12 AM – 7:18 PM
Weather in Elgin right now
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Elgin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 16413
- 29045
- 37732
- 45838
- 52141
- 55932
- 58533
- 60120
- 60121
- 60122
- 60123
- 60124
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 Elgin
- Elgin Illinois, United States
- Elgin Scotland, United Kingdom
- Elgin Oklahoma, United States
- Elgin South Carolina, United States
- Elgin Oregon, 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
- Pleasant Grove (historical) — 6.4 km
- Lund — 6.8 km
- Butler — 7.8 km
- Littig — 8.3 km
- Type — 10.6 km
- Northeast Travis — 10.7 km
Local time details for Elgin
Nothing changes on the clock between Elgin and neighbouring Pleasant Grove (historical) or Lund.
Within Elgin, postal codes number 12.
Local timekeeping in Elgin uses America/Chicago, equal to UTC−5. Summer clock change: Yes.
Today in Elgin, daylight opens at 7:37 AM and closes at 6:54 PM. That span measures 11 h 17 min.
Questions and answers
- Does Elgin use the America/Chicago time zone?
- Yes, Elgin uses America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is summer time in effect in Elgin at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Elgin: Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Elgin?
- Yes, it is 6:54 PM.