Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- 26.3545, -98.7684
- Elevation
- 49 m above sea level
- Population
- 54
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2457 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Texas, United States
Learn the current time in Santa Cruz, Texas, United States, a place in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Santa Cruz, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Santa Cruz, Texas.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:36 AM Solar noon 1:21 PM Sunset 7:07 PM Daylight 11 h 30 min Night 12 h 30 min Civil twilight 7:13 AM – 7:30 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
- Santa Rosa Colonia — 0.3 km
- El Chaparral Number 1 Colonia — 0.5 km
- El Chaparral Number 2 Colonia — 0.8 km
- Garza-Salinas Number 2 Colonia — 0.8 km
- Rodriguez Number 2 Colonia — 0.9 km
- Garza-Salinas Ii — 0.9 km
Local time details for Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz operates with 7 postal codes.
Time in Santa Cruz runs on America/Chicago, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
For Santa Cruz today, sunrise is 7:36 AM and sunset is 7:07 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 30 min.
Neighbouring Santa Rosa Colonia and El Chaparral Number 1 Colonia keep the same hours as Santa Cruz.
Questions and answers
- Can Santa Cruz's time zone be given as America/Chicago?
- Yes, Santa Cruz's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is the offset in Santa Cruz changed for daylight saving?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunrise in Santa Cruz?
- The hour is 7:36 AM.