Lightner in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.1263, -99.6173
- Elevation
- 574 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2223 km away
What time is it in Lightner, Texas, United States
On this page the local time of Lightner, Texas, United States is updated live, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Lightner, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lightner
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Lightner, Texas.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:48 AM Solar noon 1:24 PM Sunset 7:00 PM Daylight 11 h 12 min Night 12 h 48 min Civil twilight 7:23 AM – 7:24 PM
Weather in Lightner right now
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Lightner and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 76858 Melvin — 8.5 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
- Marco — 3.8 km
- Melvin — 8.5 km
- Callan — 10.3 km
- Homer Junction — 11.1 km
- Whiteland — 11.4 km
- Pasche — 12.0 km
Lightner: clock, sun and surroundings
Lightner appears under 1 postal code.
The zone name for Lightner is America/Chicago and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Morning light reaches Lightner at 7:48 AM, and the sun sets at 7:00 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 11 h 12 min.
The same hours are kept in Lightner and in nearby Marco and Melvin.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Lightner based on America/Chicago?
- Yes, local time in Lightner is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Lightner apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- Yes.
- What time is last light in Lightner?
- The sun sets at 7:00 PM.