San Marcos in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.8766, -97.9310
- Population
- 60 684
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2157 km away
- Same name
- 428 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Marcos, Texas, United States
Use this page to see what time it is in San Marcos, Texas, United States — the America/Chicago zone applies there (−5).
San Marcos, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in San Marcos
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
San Marcos keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:44 AM Solar noon 1:17 PM Sunset 6:49 PM Daylight 11 h 05 min Night 12 h 55 min Civil twilight 7:20 AM – 7:13 PM
Weather in San Marcos right now
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San Marcos and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 78666
- 78667
- 92069
- 92078
- 92079
- 92096
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 San Marcos
- San Marcos California, United States
- San Marcos Sucre Department, Colombia
- San Marcos La Libertad Department, El Salvador
- San Marcos San Salvador Department, El Salvador
- San Marcos San Marcos, Guatemala
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
- Centex — 3.3 km
- Redwood — 7.6 km
- Reedville — 8.2 km
- Martindale — 9.4 km
- Hunter — 11.8 km
- Maxwell — 13.3 km
San Marcos: clock, sun and surroundings
Today, San Marcos has first light at 7:44 AM and last light at 6:49 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 05 min.
Anyone in Centex or Redwood reads the same clock as San Marcos.
San Marcos carries 6 postal codes.
San Marcos follows America/Chicago, giving it a UTC−5 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to San Marcos?
- The entry corresponding to San Marcos is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in San Marcos?
- Yes.
- At what time is the sun rising in San Marcos?
- The sun is rising at 7:44 AM.