Gulf in numbers
- Coordinates
- 28.7214, -95.8919
- Elevation
- 4 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2071 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gulf, Texas, United States
The exact time in Gulf, Texas, United States is given here, for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Gulf, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Gulf
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Gulf.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:35 AM Solar noon 1:08 PM Sunset 6:42 PM Daylight 11 h 07 min Night 12 h 53 min Civil twilight 7:10 AM – 7:06 PM
Weather in Gulf right now
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Gulf and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27256
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 Gulf
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
- Gulf Hill — 5.4 km
- Matagorda — 8.1 km
- Matagorda-Sargent — 8.3 km
- Chinquapin — 12.2 km
- Chinquapin Landing — 12.6 km
- Wadsworth — 13.0 km
Time and daylight in Gulf
Today at Gulf, the sun rises at 7:35 AM and sets at 6:42 PM. That gives 11 h 07 min of daylight.
Gulf shares its time with neighbouring Gulf Hill and Matagorda.
Gulf is split into 1 postal code areas.
The zone that governs Gulf is America/Chicago at UTC−5. Whether the clocks move seasonally: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with Gulf?
- The value associated with Gulf is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Gulf shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- When is the sun down in Gulf?
- The sun goes down at 6:42 PM.