Bethel in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.9331, -86.8197
- Elevation
- 260 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 974 km away
- Same name
- 149 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bethel, Alabama, United States
This page shows the current local time in Bethel, Alabama, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Bethel, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Bethel
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Bethel.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:55 AM Solar noon 12:34 PM Sunset 6:13 PM Daylight 11 h 18 min Night 12 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:29 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Bethel right now
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Bethel and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04217
- 05032
- 06801
- 12720
- 19507
- 19931
- 27812
- 45106
- 55005
- 63434
- 74724
- 99559
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 Bethel
- Bethel Connecticut, United States
- Bethel Alaska, United States
- Bethel Washington, United States
- Bethel Ohio, United States
- Bethel Ohio, 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
- Caro (historical) — 1.0 km
- Pine Dale — 3.3 km
- Cedar Hill — 4.9 km
- Thach — 6.8 km
- Ardmore — 7.0 km
- Holland Gin — 7.0 km
About the time in Bethel
Bethel works with 12 postal codes.
Bethel keeps the America/Chicago zone, which is UTC−5. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
Sunrise today is 6:55 AM in Bethel, with sunset at 6:13 PM. That works out to 11 h 18 min of light.
Bethel and nearby Caro (historical) and Pine Dale are never an hour apart.
Questions and answers
- Does Bethel use the America/Chicago time zone?
- Yes, Bethel uses America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Bethel observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Bethel: Yes.
- What hour brings sunrise in Bethel?
- The hour is 6:55 AM.