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Time in Arkansas, United States now

09:05:57PM

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Sun: ↑ 06:41AM ↓ 05:07PM (10h 26m) - More info - Make Arkansas time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Arkansas

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 9 March 2025: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in Arkansas is normally one hour behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Arkansas can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Arkansas is America/Chicago.

Sunday November 3 2024

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 9 2025

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Arkansas

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+3 hours
London	+6 hours
UTC	+6 hours
Lagos	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Johannesburg	+8 hours
Istanbul	+9 hours
Moscow	+9 hours
Dubai	+10 hours
Mumbai	+11.5 hours
Hong Kong	+14 hours
Shanghai	+14 hours
Singapore	+14 hours
Tokyo	+15 hours
Sydney	+17 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Arkansas

Sunrise: 06:41AM
Sunset: 05:07PM
Day length: 10h 26m
Solar noon: 11:54AM
The current local time in Arkansas is 6 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Arkansas on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 34.75. Longitude: -92.50
Population: 2,758,000
Elevation: 190 m

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Annual average temperatures
for Arkansas 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.