Sparks in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.9285, -97.3597
- Elevation
- 143 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 211
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2048 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sparks, Texas, United States
What follows is the current local time in Sparks, Texas, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Sparks, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Sparks
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Sparks keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:42 AM Solar noon 1:14 PM Sunset 6:46 PM Daylight 11 h 04 min Night 12 h 56 min Civil twilight 7:18 AM – 7:11 PM
Weather in Sparks right now
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Sparks and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 31647
- 69220
- 74869
- 89431
- 89432
- 89434
- 89435
- 89436
- 89437
- 89441
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 Sparks
- Sparks Nevada, United States
- Sparks Texas, United States
- Sparks Georgia, United States
- Sparks Georgia, United States
- Sparks Oklahoma, 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
- Academy — 6.1 km
- Little River-Academy — 6.4 km
- Holland — 6.5 km
- Little River — 6.7 km
- Joe Lee — 7.8 km
- Summers Mill — 8.3 km
Sparks: clock, sun and surroundings
Sunrise arrives in Sparks at 7:42 AM today and the sun goes down at 6:46 PM. That gives the day 11 h 04 min of light.
Academy and Little River-Academy sit close to Sparks and run on the same clock.
Sparks contains 10 postal codes.
Sparks is placed in America/Chicago, and its offset from UTC is −5. Daylight saving observed here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Can Sparks's time zone be given as America/Chicago?
- Yes, Sparks's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- What time zone rules apply in Sparks — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Sparks: Yes.
- What is the local sunset time in Sparks?
- Local sunset is 6:46 PM.