Time in Galveston, United States of America | Galveston Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Galveston
UTC -5
Central Time (CT) , currently 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
▪Time in Galveston is 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Galveston is
America/Chicago.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Galveston
- ▪Sunrise: 07:25
- ▪Sunset: 18:41
- ▪Day length: 11h 16m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:03
- ▪Current time in Galveston is currently 63 minutes ahead of solar time.
Galveston on map
- ▪Location: Texas, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 29,30. Longitude: -94,80
- ▪Population: 50,180
- ▪Elevation: 2 m
Time difference
from Galveston
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:25
Solar noon 13:03Sunset 18:41
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Chicago- Abbreviation
- CDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 23 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792653065
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:25
- Sunset
- 18:41
- Solar noon
- 13:03
- Day length
- 11h 16m
- Night length
- 12h 43m
- Civil twilight
- 07:00 – 19:05
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Texas
- Coordinates
- 29.301°, -94.798°
- Elevation
- 2 m
- Population
- 50,180
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