Port Lavaca in numbers
- Coordinates
- 28.6150, -96.6261
- Elevation
- 4 m above sea level
- Population
- 12 416
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2134 km away
What time is it in Port Lavaca, Texas, United States
The current hour and minute in Port Lavaca, Texas, United States are shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Port Lavaca, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Port Lavaca
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Port Lavaca, Texas.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:40 AM Solar noon 12:11 PM Sunset 5:42 PM Daylight 11 h 02 min Night 12 h 58 min Civil twilight 6:16 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in Port Lavaca right now
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Port Lavaca and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 77979
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
- Alamo Beach — 5.5 km
- Clark Station — 8.2 km
- Point Comfort — 9.6 km
- Sixmile — 9.9 km
- Magnolia Beach — 10.2 km
- Kamey — 11.7 km
Port Lavaca: clock, sun and surroundings
Sun-up in Port Lavaca is 6:40 AM today and sun-down is 5:42 PM. That gap holds 11 h 02 min of daylight.
The hours shown for Port Lavaca apply equally in Alamo Beach and Clark Station.
Coverage of Port Lavaca by postal code amounts to 1 entries.
Port Lavaca follows America/Chicago, giving it a UTC−6 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? No.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Port Lavaca follow?
- Port Lavaca follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- What time zone rules apply in Port Lavaca — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Port Lavaca: No.
- When does the sun appear in Port Lavaca?
- It appears at 6:40 AM.