Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- 27.4034, -98.2683
- Elevation
- 74 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2344 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Texas, United States
This page reports the local time in Santa Cruz, Texas, United States, set by the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Santa Cruz, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Santa Cruz keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:50 AM Solar noon 12:18 PM Sunset 5:46 PM Daylight 10 h 57 min Night 13 h 03 min Civil twilight 6:25 AM – 6:11 PM
Weather in Santa Cruz right now
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Santa Cruz and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 87567
- 95060
- 95061
- 95062
- 95063
- 95064
- 95065
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 Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz National Capital Region, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
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
- Cruz Calle — 1.8 km
- Vera Cruz — 4.3 km
- Rios — 5.4 km
- Concepcion — 8.7 km
- Conception — 8.9 km
- Premont — 15.1 km
About the time in Santa Cruz
Clocks in Santa Cruz are set by America/Chicago and read UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun rises at 6:50 AM above Santa Cruz and sets at 5:46 PM today. Daylight lasts about 10 h 57 min.
Neighbouring Cruz Calle and Vera Cruz sit in the same time as Santa Cruz.
Postal designations for Santa Cruz total 7.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Santa Cruz follow?
- Santa Cruz follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Santa Cruz?
- Daylight saving time in Santa Cruz: No.
- Which time marks sunset in Santa Cruz?
- 5:46 PM marks sunset.