Balkum in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.4177, -85.2274
- Elevation
- 115 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1115 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Balkum, Alabama, United States
Right now in Balkum, Alabama, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Balkum, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Balkum
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Balkum.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:56 AM Solar noon 12:26 PM Sunset 5:55 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:31 AM – 6:20 PM
Weather in Balkum right now
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Balkum and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 36353 Newville — 9.9 km away
- 36319 Columbia — 12.0 km away
- 36345 Headland — 12.3 km away
- 36373 Shorterville — 14.2 km away
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 Balkum
- Balkum Lower Saxony, Germany
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
- Browns Crossroad — 2.8 km
- Tumbleton — 3.0 km
- Hebron — 6.8 km
- Grandberry Crossroads — 7.1 km
- Miller — 7.4 km
- Danzey — 8.1 km
About the time in Balkum
At Balkum the sun clears the horizon at 6:56 AM and sinks again at 5:55 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 59 min.
Browns Crossroad and Tumbleton are near Balkum and do not differ from it in time.
Postal designations for Balkum total 4.
The time zone in effect for Balkum is America/Chicago, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Balkum?
- The time zone local to Balkum is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Balkum stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Balkum: Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Balkum.
- The sun rises at 6:56 AM.