Merit in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.2168, -96.2875
- Elevation
- 198 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1838 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
Learn the current time in Merit, Texas, United States, a place in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Merit, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Merit
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Merit keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
Sunrise 6:56 AM Solar noon 12:11 PM Sunset 5:25 PM Daylight 10 h 29 min Night 13 h 31 min Civil twilight 6:30 AM – 5:51 PM
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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.
People in Merit keep America/Chicago, a zone offset of UTC−6. Seasonal time change: No.
The sun shows itself over Merit at 6:56 AM and sets at 5:25 PM today. That is 10 h 29 min of light.
The time you see for Merit is also correct for Arnold and Wagner.
Every address in Merit sits within one of 1 postal code.