Athens in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.8024, -86.9722
- Population
- 24 966
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 994 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Athens, Alabama, United States
Use this page to see what time it is in Athens, Alabama, United States — the America/Chicago zone applies there (−5).
Athens, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Athens
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Athens.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:06 AM Solar noon 12:33 PM Sunset 6:00 PM Daylight 10 h 54 min Night 13 h 06 min Civil twilight 6:40 AM – 6:25 PM
Weather in Athens right now
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Athens and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04912
- 12015
- 18810
- 24712
- 30601
- 30602
- 30603
- 30604
- 30605
- 30606
- 30607
- 30608
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Alabama
- Huntsville 215 006
- Birmingham 196 357
- Montgomery 195 287
- Mobile 183 289
- Tuscaloosa 111 338
- Hoover 84 848
Other places named Athens
- Athens Attica, Greece
- Athens Georgia, United States
- Athens Ohio, United States
- Athens Tennessee, United States
- Athens Texas, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Washington Street Courthouse Annex — 0.1 km
- Limestone County — 1.2 km
- Hannah — 2.3 km
- Belmont — 2.3 km
- Byram Heights — 2.4 km
- Campbell — 2.6 km
Time and daylight in Athens
Deliveries to Athens are sorted by 12 postal codes.
Time zone for Athens: America/Chicago, running at UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
At Athens the sun clears the horizon at 7:06 AM and sinks again at 6:00 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 54 min.
The same hours are kept in Athens and in nearby Washington Street Courthouse Annex and Limestone County.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Athens?
- The correct time zone for Athens is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in Athens?
- Yes.
- What time will the sun set in Athens today?
- Today it sets at 6:00 PM.