Fort Sam Houston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.4575, -98.4472
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2224 km away
What time is it in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States
This page reports the local time in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States, set by the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Fort Sam Houston, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fort Sam Houston
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Fort Sam Houston keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:50 AM Solar noon 12:18 PM Sunset 5:47 PM Daylight 10 h 56 min Night 13 h 04 min Civil twilight 6:26 AM – 6:11 PM
Weather in Fort Sam Houston right now
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Fort Sam Houston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 78208 San Antonio — 2.3 km away
- 78289 San Antonio — 2.6 km away
- 78246 San Antonio — 2.6 km away
- 78265 San Antonio — 2.6 km away
- 78268 San Antonio — 2.6 km away
- 78269 San Antonio — 2.6 km away
- 78270 San Antonio — 2.6 km away
- 78278 San Antonio — 2.6 km away
- 78279 San Antonio — 2.6 km away
- 78280 San Antonio — 2.6 km away
- 78283 San Antonio — 2.6 km away
- 78285 San Antonio — 2.6 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
- Bel Meade — 1.1 km
- Terrell Hills — 2.0 km
- Government Hill — 2.6 km
- West Fort — 2.7 km
- Salado Junction — 3.0 km
- Harvard Place / Eastlawn — 3.1 km
Fort Sam Houston: clock, sun and surroundings
Fort Sam Houston reads its time from America/Chicago, placed at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving time is observed: No.
Sunrise falls at 6:50 AM today in Fort Sam Houston, with the sun setting at 5:47 PM. That leaves 10 h 56 min of light.
Bel Meade and Terrell Hills are close to Fort Sam Houston and observe the same time.
Fort Sam Houston accounts for 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Fort Sam Houston?
- Time in Fort Sam Houston follows the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Do clocks change in Fort Sam Houston during the year?
- Daylight saving in Fort Sam Houston: No.
- When does daylight begin in Fort Sam Houston?
- Daylight begins at 6:50 AM.