Shafter in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.8202, -104.3030
- Elevation
- 1189 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2686 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shafter, Texas, United States
The exact time in Shafter, Texas, United States is given here, for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Shafter, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Shafter
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Shafter, Texas.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:01 AM Solar noon 1:44 PM Sunset 7:27 PM Daylight 11 h 26 min Night 12 h 34 min Civil twilight 7:36 AM – 7:51 PM
Weather in Shafter right now
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Shafter and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 93263
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 Shafter
- Shafter California, United States
- Shafter California, United States
- Shafter Illinois, United States
- Shafter Kentucky, United States
- Shafter Missouri, United States
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
- Las Pampas Colonia — 16.4 km
- Presidio County — 20.8 km
- Chaffin Place — 23.3 km
- Borrachio — 25.3 km
- Indio — 25.4 km
- Ochoa — 25.6 km
About the time in Shafter
Coverage of Shafter by postal code amounts to 1 entries.
The time zone in effect for Shafter is America/Chicago, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Sun-up in Shafter is 8:01 AM today and sun-down is 7:27 PM. That gap holds 11 h 26 min of daylight.
Neighbouring Las Pampas Colonia and Presidio County keep the same hours as Shafter.
Questions and answers
- Is America/Chicago the time zone for Shafter?
- Yes, America/Chicago is the time zone for Shafter, with an offset of −5.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Shafter?
- Daylight saving time in Shafter: Yes.
- Please give the sunset time for Shafter.
- The sun sets at 7:27 PM.