Gainesville in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.6777, -98.5214
- Elevation
- 298 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2157 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gainesville, Texas, United States
Find out what time it is now in Gainesville, Texas, United States — the local clock runs on America/Chicago (−5).
Gainesville, United States
Saturday, 31 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 7:49 AM Solar noon 1:19 PM Sunset 6:48 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 7:24 AM – 7:13 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 Texas, United States
- Gainesville Virginia, United States
- Gainesville Missouri, 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
- Kingsland — 8.0 km
- Lakeside Heights — 10.5 km
- Buchanan Dam — 11.1 km
- Stolz — 11.6 km
- Click — 13.7 km
- Sunrise Beach Village — 14.2 km
Time and daylight in Gainesville
Today at Gainesville, the sun rises at 7:49 AM and sets at 6:48 PM. That gives 10 h 59 min of daylight.
Places close to Gainesville, among them Kingsland and Lakeside Heights, share its time.
Mail addressed to Gainesville uses 12 postal codes.
Gainesville runs on America/Chicago, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Gainesville?
- The time zone that includes Gainesville is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do the clocks in Gainesville go back at any point?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunset time in Gainesville?
- Local sunset is 6:48 PM.