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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 (−6).

Hays, United States

Friday, 13 November 2026

UTC−6 · America/Chicago

Local time in Hays

UTC−6 · no daylight saving time

What the clock shows right now in Hays.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:56 AM Solar noon 12:17 PM Sunset 5:38 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:31 AM – 6:03 PM

Weather in Hays right now

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Hays and its neighbours

Manchaca Shady Hollow Buda Flatrock Ford Onion Creek (historical) Kyle-Buda Hays
Hays at 30.1227, -97.8722 with the nearest towns within 8.6 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

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

Largest cities in Texas

Other places named Hays

Same time zone — America/Chicago

Nearby places

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−6. Daylight saving time here: No.

Daylight in Hays today runs from 6:56 AM to 5:38 PM. The stretch measures 10 h 41 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 −6.
Does the local schedule in Hays include a clock change?
No.
When does the sun go down in Hays?
Sunset in Hays is at 5:38 PM.
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