Current Time in Kansas City, United States
Time and Sun Facts for Kansas City
- Local time
- 4:46 pm
- Date
- Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Time zone
America/Chicago- UTC offset
- UTC-5
- Daylight saving
- In effect now
- Next clock change
- 1 November 2026 — clocks go back
- Sunrise
- 7:37 am
- Sunset
- 6:27 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 50 minutes
- Coordinates
- 39.10, -94.58
How Kansas City Keeps Time
Kansas City keeps CDT, UTC-5. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Kansas City; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
Kansas City runs on the America/Chicago zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC-5 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC-6 on standard time and UTC-5 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 1 November 2026, when clocks go back one hour.
The sun rises in Kansas City at 7:37 am today and sets at 6:27 pm — 10 hours 50 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 1:02 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (39.10, -94.58), so they shift a little every day of the year.
On the two solstices, Kansas City has about 14 hours 55 minutes of daylight in June and 9 hours 25 minutes in December. The difference is about 5 hours 30 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.
At the current civil offset, Kansas City’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 18 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 1:02 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.
CDT is one of several zones in United States, so a time quoted for the country as a whole is not necessarily the time here. Check the city rather than the country when it matters.
Kansas City at a Glance
| Coordinates | 39.1000, -94.5800 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | America/Chicago |
| Current UTC offset | UTC-5 |
| Daylight saving | Observed seasonally |
| Sunrise today | 7:37 am |
| Sunset today | 6:27 pm |
| Solar noon | 1:02 pm |
| Daylight today | 10 hours 50 minutes |
| Straight-line distance to Washington, D.C. | 1,513 km |
| Current clock difference vs Washington, D.C. | −1 hour |
How Kansas City Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to Kansas City. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.
| City | Local time | Compared with Kansas City |
|---|---|---|
| London | 10:46 pm | 6 hours ahead |
| New York | 5:46 pm | 1 hour ahead |
| Los Angeles | 2:46 pm | 2 hours behind |
| Dubai | 1:46 am | 9 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 2:46 am | 10 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 5:46 am | 13 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 6:46 am | 14 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 8:46 am | 16 hours ahead |
Nearby Listed Cities to Kansas City
Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.
| City | Approx. distance | Local time |
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | 383 km | 4:46 pm |
| Minneapolis | 663 km | 4:46 pm |
| Chicago | 664 km | 4:46 pm |
| Indianapolis | 727 km | 5:46 pm |
| Dallas | 731 km | 4:46 pm |
Other Cities in United States
United States keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.
| City | Local time | Offset |
|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque | 3:46 pm | UTC-6 |
| Anchorage | 1:46 pm | UTC-8 |
| Atlanta | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Austin | 4:46 pm | UTC-5 |
| Boise | 3:46 pm | UTC-6 |
| Boston | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Charlotte | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Chicago | 4:46 pm | UTC-5 |
| Cleveland | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Columbus | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Dallas | 4:46 pm | UTC-5 |
| Denver | 3:46 pm | UTC-6 |
| Detroit | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Honolulu | 11:46 am | UTC-10 |
| Houston | 4:46 pm | UTC-5 |
| Indianapolis | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Jacksonville | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Las Vegas | 2:46 pm | UTC-7 |
| Los Angeles | 2:46 pm | UTC-7 |
| Miami | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Minneapolis | 4:46 pm | UTC-5 |
| Nashville | 4:46 pm | UTC-5 |
| New Orleans | 4:46 pm | UTC-5 |
| New York | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Orlando | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Philadelphia | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Phoenix | 2:46 pm | UTC-7 |
| Pittsburgh | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Portland | 2:46 pm | UTC-7 |
| Sacramento | 2:46 pm | UTC-7 |
| Salt Lake City | 3:46 pm | UTC-6 |
| San Antonio | 4:46 pm | UTC-5 |
| San Diego | 2:46 pm | UTC-7 |
| San Francisco | 2:46 pm | UTC-7 |
| San Jose | 2:46 pm | UTC-7 |
| Seattle | 2:46 pm | UTC-7 |
| St. Louis | 4:46 pm | UTC-5 |
| Tampa | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
| Washington, D.C. | 5:46 pm | UTC-4 |
Questions People Ask
When does Kansas City next change its clocks?
The next transition is 1 November 2026. Use America/Chicago in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.
Is Kansas City the time everywhere in United States?
No. United States currently has 6 distinct civil UTC offsets represented in the directory, so the country page separates the regions.
Why is solar noon in Kansas City far from 12:00?
The current civil offset and the city longitude do not place mean solar noon at twelve on the clock. Today the calculated solar noon is 1:02 pm.
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