Hays in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.1227, -97.8722
- Elevation
- 222 m above sea level
- Population
- 221
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2137 km away
- Same name
- 16 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Hays, Texas, United States
This page shows the time of day in Hays, Texas, United States as it stands now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Hays, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Hays
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Hays.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:40 AM Solar noon 1:17 PM Sunset 6:54 PM Daylight 11 h 14 min Night 12 h 46 min Civil twilight 7:15 AM – 7:18 PM
Weather in Hays right now
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Hays and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28635
- 59527
- 67601
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 Hays
- Hays Kansas, United States
- Hays North Carolina, United States
- Hays Montana, United States
- Hays Ta‘izz, Yemen
- Hays Sinaloa, Mexico
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
- Manchaca — 4.3 km
- Shady Hollow — 4.8 km
- Buda — 5.2 km
- San Leanna — 5.6 km
- Flatrock Ford — 6.1 km
- Tanglewood Forest — 6.6 km
Hays: clock, sun and surroundings
Delivery zones in Hays are marked by 3 postal codes.
Hays sets its clocks by America/Chicago, which runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Daylight in Hays today runs from 7:40 AM to 6:54 PM. The stretch measures 11 h 14 min.
For Manchaca and Shady Hollow near Hays, the clock reads the same.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Hays?
- Hays uses the America/Chicago time zone, which has an offset of −5.
- Does the local schedule in Hays include a clock change?
- Yes.
- When does the sun go down in Hays?
- Sunset in Hays is at 6:54 PM.