Rockdale in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.6555, -97.0014
- Elevation
- 142 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 609
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2035 km away
- Same name
- 40 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rockdale, Texas, United States
Local time in Rockdale, Texas, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Rockdale, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rockdale
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Rockdale.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:43 AM Solar noon 1:13 PM Sunset 6:42 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 7:18 AM – 7:07 PM
Weather in Rockdale right now
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Rockdale and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 76567
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 Rockdale
- Rockdale New South Wales, Australia
- Rockdale Illinois, United States
- Rockdale Wisconsin, United States
- Rockdale Nova Scotia, Canada
- Rockdale Eastern Cape, South Africa
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
- Praesel — 2.8 km
- Marjorie — 8.4 km
- Handy — 8.8 km
- Minerva — 11.5 km
- Alcoa — 11.9 km
- Forest Grove — 12.1 km
Rockdale: clock, sun and surroundings
Rockdale has sunrise at 7:43 AM today and sunset at 6:42 PM. Light holds for 10 h 59 min.
Nearby Praesel and Marjorie follow the same clock as Rockdale.
The register holds 1 postal code for Rockdale.
The time zone used in Rockdale is America/Chicago, set at UTC−5. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Where does Rockdale fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Rockdale falls within America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Rockdale switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Rockdale: Yes.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Rockdale?
- Sunset there is at 6:42 PM.