Time in Wichita, United States of America | Wichita Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Wichita
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 Wichita 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 Wichita 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 Wichita
- ▪Sunrise: 07:44
- ▪Sunset: 18:42
- ▪Day length: 10h 57m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:13
- ▪Current time in Wichita is currently 73 minutes ahead of solar time.
Wichita on map
- ▪Location: Kansas, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 37,69. Longitude: -97,34
- ▪Population: 396,119
- ▪Elevation: 396 m
Time difference
from Wichita
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:44
Solar noon 13:13Sunset 18:42
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, 12 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792694998
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:44
- Sunset
- 18:42
- Solar noon
- 13:13
- Day length
- 10h 57m
- Night length
- 13h 02m
- Civil twilight
- 07:17 – 19:09
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Kansas
- Coordinates
- 37.692°, -97.338°
- Elevation
- 396 m
- Population
- 396,119
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