Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.5160, -95.0119
- Elevation
- 89 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1823 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forest, Texas, United States
This page reports the local time in Forest, Texas, United States, set by the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Forest, United States
Sunday, 6 September 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Forest
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Forest.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:00 AM Solar noon 1:20 PM Sunset 7:40 PM Daylight 12 h 39 min Night 11 h 21 min Civil twilight 6:35 AM – 8:04 PM
Weather in Forest right now
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Forest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24551
- 39074
- 45843
- 46039
- 71242
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 Forest
- Forest Brussels Capital, Belgium
- Forest Virginia, United States
- Forest Mississippi, United States
- Forest Ontario, Canada
- Forest Ohio, 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
- Wild Hurst — 1.0 km
- Sweet Union — 3.5 km
- Cross Roads — 4.2 km
- Wells — 7.5 km
- Brunswick — 8.7 km
- Morrill — 10.0 km
Local time details for Forest
Look nearby and you will see Wild Hurst and Sweet Union on the same clock as Forest.
Postal coverage of Forest comes to 5 codes.
Forest keeps the America/Chicago zone, which is UTC−5. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
Today Forest gets sunrise at 7:00 AM and sunset at 7:40 PM. That leaves 12 h 39 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Forest?
- The time zone that applies to Forest is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Forest change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Forest: Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Forest?
- It appears at 7:00 AM.