US Time Zone Map

Kansas Time Zone Map

Central Time; 4 western counties are Mountain.

Your time11:38 PMSAT, OCT 31UTC+5:30
Pacific timePacific11:08 AMSAT, OCT 31UTC-7
Mountain timeMountain12:08 PMSAT, OCT 31UTC-6
Central timeCentral1:08 PMSAT, OCT 31UTC-5
Eastern timeEastern2:08 PMSAT, OCT 31UTC-4
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Time zones in Kansas

ZoneIANAStandardDaylightAbbr
Central TimeAmerica/ChicagoUTC−6UTC−5CST / CDT
Mountain TimeAmerica/DenverUTC−7UTC−6MST / MDT

Kansas is mostly Central Time (CST/CDT, UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer); Wichita and Topeka are Central, while four counties on the Colorado line use Mountain Time. The exception is four western counties on the Colorado line — Sherman (Goodland), Wallace, Greeley, and Hamilton — which observe Mountain Time.

Crossing the state line

Driving west on I-70 you reach Mountain Time at the Sherman County line, before Colorado itself. Missouri, Oklahoma, and eastern Nebraska all match the rest of Kansas on Central Time.

Frequently asked questions

Which zone does Kansas follow?

Kansas is Central Time; 4 western counties are Mountain.

Is Kansas split across two time zones?

Yes. Kansas runs on both Central Time and Mountain Time, which are about an hour apart from each other.

What time zone is Wichita in?

Wichita is on Central Time (CST / CDT — UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer, IANA zone America/Chicago).

Sources: zone boundaries from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s time zone regulations (49 CFR Part 71); offsets and daylight saving rules from the IANA time zone database. See Data Sources for how this site uses them.