Beacon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.7146, -86.8230
- Elevation
- 114 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1193 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Beacon, Alabama, United States
The local time in Beacon, Alabama, United States — in the America/Chicago time zone (−6) — is shown on this page.
Beacon, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Beacon
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Beacon, Alabama.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:16 AM Solar noon 11:33 AM Sunset 4:50 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 5:50 AM – 5:16 PM
Weather in Beacon right now
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Beacon and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12508
- 52534
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 Beacon
- Beacon New York, United States
- Beacon Iowa, United States
- Beacon Western Australia, Australia
- Beacon Texas, United States
- Beacon Tennessee, 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
- Providence — 0.8 km
- Starlington — 4.4 km
- Shacklesville — 7.2 km
- Bethel — 8.8 km
- Sand Cut — 10.1 km
- Butler Springs — 10.5 km
Beacon: clock, sun and surroundings
Beacon works with 2 postal codes.
Beacon counts hours by America/Chicago, which stands at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving is kept: No.
Sunrise falls at 6:16 AM today in Beacon, with the sun setting at 4:50 PM. That leaves 10 h 34 min of light.
Time in Beacon applies without change in Providence and Starlington nearby.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Beacon?
- The designation used for Beacon is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is the offset in Beacon changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- What time will the sun set in Beacon today?
- Today it sets at 4:50 PM.