Bessemer in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.4018, -86.9544
- Population
- 26 730
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1079 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bessemer, Alabama, United States
Below you can see what the time is in Bessemer, Alabama, United States now, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Bessemer, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Bessemer
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Bessemer.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:09 AM Solar noon 11:33 AM Sunset 4:56 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 5:44 AM – 5:21 PM
Weather in Bessemer right now
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Bessemer and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 16112
- 35020
- 35021
- 35022
- 35023
- 49911
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 Bessemer
- Bessemer Michigan, United States
- Bessemer Pennsylvania, United States
- Bessemer Ontario, Canada
- Bessemer Florida, United States
- Bessemer West Virginia, 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
- Bessemer Homestead — 1.5 km
- Oakwood — 1.5 km
- Brighton — 3.7 km
- Dolonar — 3.7 km
- East Brighton — 3.9 km
- Eastern Valley — 4.9 km
Time and daylight in Bessemer
Today the day starts in Bessemer at 6:09 AM with sunrise and ends at 4:56 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 10 h 46 min.
Look nearby and you will see Bessemer Homestead and Oakwood on the same clock as Bessemer.
6 postal codes describe the layout of Bessemer.
Clocks in Bessemer take America/Chicago as their zone, reading UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to Bessemer?
- The time zone assigned to Bessemer is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Bessemer?
- Daylight saving in Bessemer: No.
- What is the sunset time for Bessemer?
- 4:56 PM.