Salt Gap in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.3038, -99.5992
- Elevation
- 509 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2212 km away
What time is it in Salt Gap, Texas, United States
This page carries the current local time for Salt Gap, Texas, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Salt Gap, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Salt Gap
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Salt Gap keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:48 AM Solar noon 1:24 PM Sunset 6:59 PM Daylight 11 h 11 min Night 12 h 49 min Civil twilight 7:23 AM – 7:24 PM
Weather in Salt Gap right now
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Salt Gap and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 76836 Doole — 10.2 km away
- 76858 Melvin — 12.2 km away
- 76862 Millersview — 16.8 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
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
- Pear Valley — 10.0 km
- Doole — 10.2 km
- Melvin — 12.2 km
- Pasche — 12.8 km
- Homer Junction — 17.6 km
- Whiteland — 17.9 km
About the time in Salt Gap
Local time in Salt Gap comes from the America/Chicago zone, UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
For Salt Gap today, sunrise is 7:48 AM and sunset is 6:59 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 11 min.
Both Pear Valley and Doole are near Salt Gap and keep its time.
Salt Gap spans 3 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for Salt Gap?
- Enter America/Chicago as the time zone for Salt Gap; its offset is −5.
- Do people in Salt Gap set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Salt Gap: Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Salt Gap?
- Today the sun rises at 7:48 AM.