Gainesville in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.6259, -97.1333
- Population
- 16 292
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1890 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gainesville, Texas, United States
The current local time in Gainesville, Texas, United States is displayed here for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Gainesville, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Gainesville
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Gainesville keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:44 AM Solar noon 1:13 PM Sunset 6:43 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 7:19 AM – 7:08 PM
Weather in Gainesville right now
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Gainesville and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 14066
- 20155
- 20156
- 30501
- 30503
- 30504
- 30506
- 30507
- 32601
- 32602
- 32603
- 32604
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 Gainesville
- Gainesville Florida, United States
- Gainesville Georgia, United States
- Gainesville Virginia, United States
- Gainesville Missouri, United States
- Gainesville New York, 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
- Cook — 1.6 km
- Cooke County — 7.5 km
- Lindsay — 8.0 km
- Oak Ridge — 9.1 km
- Custer City — 10.0 km
- Woodbine — 11.0 km
About the time in Gainesville
Neighbouring places Cook and Cooke County run on Gainesville time.
Gainesville is served by a set of 12 postal codes.
Gainesville sits in the America/Chicago time zone, which runs at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise for Gainesville today is set at 7:44 AM, sunset at 6:43 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 59 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Gainesville?
- The time zone local to Gainesville is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Gainesville?
- Yes.
- Which time marks sunset in Gainesville?
- 6:43 PM marks sunset.