Rice in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.2388, -96.4978
- Elevation
- 140 m above sea level
- Population
- 952
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1905 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rice, Texas, United States
This page keeps the current time in Rice, Texas, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Rice, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rice
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Rice keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:55 AM Solar noon 12:12 PM Sunset 5:28 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 6:30 AM – 5:54 PM
Weather in Rice right now
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Rice and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 23966
- 56367
- 75155
- 99167
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 Rice
- Rice Minnesota, United States
- Rice Alabama, United States
- Rice Kansas, United States
- Rice Maryland, United States
- Rice Virginia, 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
Rice: clock, sun and surroundings
4 postal codes describe the layout of Rice.
Rice observes America/Chicago time, currently expressed as UTC−6. Daylight saving time here: No.
In Rice the sun appears at 6:55 AM and disappears at 5:28 PM today. Daylight stretches 10 h 32 min.
Neighbouring places Tupelo and Alma run on Rice time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Rice?
- Rice uses the America/Chicago time zone, which has an offset of −6.
- Does Rice follow daylight saving time?
- No.
- When does light leave Rice?
- Light leaves at 5:28 PM.