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Time in Kansas, United States now

10:31:56PM

Friday, February 6, 2026

Kansas has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Topeka is used here.
Sun: ↑ 07:24AM ↓ 05:50PM (10h 26m) - More info - Make Kansas time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Kansas

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in Kansas 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 Kansas can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Kansas is America/Chicago.

Sunday November 2 2025

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 8 2026

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 Kansas

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 Kansas

Sunrise: 07:24AM
Sunset: 05:50PM
Day length: 10h 26m
Solar noon: 12:37PM
The current local time in Kansas is 37 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Kansas on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 38.50. Longitude: -98.50
Population: 2,971,000
Elevation: 550 m

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Annual average temperatures
for Kansas 1895-2021

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