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
See what time it currently is in Forest, Texas, United States — the time zone there is America/Chicago (−5).
Forest, United States
Sunday, 25 October 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 7:31 AM Solar noon 1:05 PM Sunset 6:39 PM Daylight 11 h 07 min Night 12 h 53 min Civil twilight 7:07 AM – 7:04 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
Wild Hurst and Sweet Union lie near Forest and keep identical time.
Mail addressed to Forest uses 5 postal codes.
Forest keeps the America/Chicago zone, which is UTC−5. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
Sunrise today is 7:31 AM in Forest, with sunset at 6:39 PM. That works out to 11 h 07 min of light.
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 7:31 AM.