Galveston County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.2977, -94.8109
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1948 km away
What time is it in Galveston County, Texas, United States
Find out what time it is now in Galveston County, Texas, United States — the local clock runs on America/Chicago (−6).
Galveston County, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Galveston County
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Galveston County, Texas.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:34 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 5:34 PM Daylight 11 h 00 min Night 13 h 00 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 5:58 PM
Weather in Galveston County right now
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Galveston County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 77550 Galveston — 1.7 km away
- 77551 Galveston — 3.0 km away
- 77555 Galveston — 3.8 km away
- 77592 Texas City — 3.8 km away
- 77553 Galveston — 4.0 km away
- 77590 Texas City — 15.3 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
- Galveston — 1.3 km
- Fort Crockett — 2.9 km
- Virginia Point — 8.5 km
- Fort Travis — 9.0 km
- Tiki Island — 10.0 km
- Anderson Ways — 10.1 km
About the time in Galveston County
Clocks in Galveston County are set by America/Chicago and read UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Today Galveston County sees sunrise at 6:34 AM, sunset at 5:34 PM. Daylight comes out to 11 h 00 min.
There is no time difference between Galveston County and nearby Galveston or Fort Crockett.
Mail delivery in Galveston County relies on 6 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Galveston County be stated?
- It should be stated as America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Do clocks in Galveston County shift for daylight saving time?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Galveston County?
- Sunset there is at 5:34 PM.