Rock Island in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.5311, -96.5752
- Elevation
- 75 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2070 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rock Island, Texas, United States
Local time in Rock Island, Texas, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Rock Island, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rock Island
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Rock Island keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:34 AM Solar noon 1:12 PM Sunset 6:49 PM Daylight 11 h 15 min Night 12 h 45 min Civil twilight 7:10 AM – 7:13 PM
Weather in Rock Island right now
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Rock Island and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 38581
- 61201
- 61204
- 61299
- 77470
- 98850
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 Rock Island
- Rock Island Illinois, United States
- Rock Island Florida, United States
- Rock Island Quebec, Canada
- Rock Island Washington, United States
- Rock Island Oklahoma, 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
- Gwinns Crossing (historical) — 10.1 km
- Sheridan — 10.2 km
- Colorado County — 11.0 km
- Altair — 12.5 km
- Helms — 15.0 km
- Glidden — 18.9 km
Rock Island: clock, sun and surroundings
The register holds 6 postal codes for Rock Island.
The time zone assigned to Rock Island is America/Chicago, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Sunrise today is 7:34 AM in Rock Island, with sunset at 6:49 PM. That works out to 11 h 15 min of light.
Gwinns Crossing (historical) and Sheridan, both nearby, hold the same time as Rock Island.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Rock Island?
- The time zone that applies to Rock Island is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Rock Island shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- What time does the day end in Rock Island?
- The sun sets at 6:49 PM.