CST — Central Standard Time
The standard time of central North America in winter, including Chicago, Houston, Mexico City, and Winnipeg. Switches to CDT during daylight saving.
- Abbreviation
- CST
- Full name
- Central Standard Time
- UTC offset
- UTC-6
- Type
- Standard time
- Daylight saving variant
- CDT
Which cities use CST as their standard time?
- 🇺🇸 Amarillo
- 🇺🇸 Arlington
- 🇺🇸 Auburn
- 🇺🇸 Austin
- 🇨🇳 Beijing
- 🇺🇸 Birmingham
- 🇨🇳 Chengdu
- 🇺🇸 Chicago
- 🇨🇳 Chongqing
- 🇺🇸 Clarksville
- 🇺🇸 Dallas
- 🇺🇸 Evansville
- 🇺🇸 Fargo
- 🇺🇸 Fort Worth
- 🇺🇸 Green Bay
- 🇲🇽 Guadalajara
- 🇨🇳 Guangzhou
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala City
- 🇨🇳 Hangzhou
- 🇨🇺 Havana
- 🇺🇸 Houston
- 🇺🇸 Huntsville
- 🇺🇸 Kansas City
- 🇺🇸 Lafayette
- 🇲🇴 Macau
- 🇺🇸 Madison
- 🇺🇸 Memphis
- 🇲🇽 Mexico City
- 🇺🇸 Milwaukee
- 🇺🇸 Minneapolis
- 🇲🇽 Monterrey
- 🇺🇸 Montgomery
- 🇨🇳 Nanjing
- 🇺🇸 Nashville
- 🇺🇸 New Orleans
- 🇲🇽 Oaxaca
- 🇺🇸 Oklahoma City
- 🇺🇸 Omaha
- 🇺🇸 Panama City
- 🇺🇸 Pensacola
- 🇲🇽 Puebla
- 🇨🇦 Regina
- 🇺🇸 Saint Paul
- 🇺🇸 San Antonio
- 🇨🇷 San José
- 🇲🇽 San Miguel de Allende
- 🇸🇻 San Salvador
- 🇨🇳 Shanghai
- 🇨🇳 Shenzhen
- 🇺🇸 Springfield
- 🇺🇸 St. Louis
- 🇹🇼 Taipei
- 🇨🇳 Tianjin
- 🇺🇸 Tulsa
- 🇺🇸 Wichita
- 🇨🇦 Winnipeg
- 🇨🇳 Wuhan
- 🇨🇳 Xi'an
Note: CST is ambiguous — it also refers to China Standard Time (UTC+8). On this site, /timezone/cst/ refers to the North American variant; for the Chinese variant, see Shanghai's city page.