Poetry in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.8257, -96.2458
- Elevation
- 165 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1853 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Poetry, Texas, United States
On this page the local time of Poetry, Texas, United States is updated live, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Poetry, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Poetry
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Poetry keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 1:10 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 10 h 57 min Night 13 h 03 min Civil twilight 7:16 AM – 7:04 PM
Weather in Poetry right now
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Poetry and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 75160 Terrell — 9.0 km away
- 75161 Terrell — 11.3 km away
- 75474 Quinlan — 13.8 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
Other places named Poetry
- Poetry Georgia, United States
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
- Whitehead — 4.9 km
- Munson — 9.3 km
- Terrell — 10.3 km
- Harris — 10.4 km
- Colquitt — 11.0 km
- Union Valley — 11.3 km
Local time details for Poetry
Poetry carries 3 postal codes.
Standard time in Poetry comes from America/Chicago and equals UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Today's times for Poetry: the sun is up at 7:41 AM and down at 6:38 PM. That means 10 h 57 min of daylight.
The same hours are kept in Poetry and in nearby Whitehead and Munson.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches Poetry?
- The time zone setting that matches Poetry is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Poetry switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Poetry: Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Poetry?
- The sun sets in Poetry at 6:38 PM.