Birmingham in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.5207, -86.8025
- Population
- 196 357
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1060 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
This page carries the current local time for Birmingham, Alabama, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Birmingham, United States
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Birmingham
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Birmingham keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:12 AM Solar noon 11:32 AM Sunset 4:52 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 5:46 AM – 5:18 PM
Weather in Birmingham right now
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Birmingham and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08011
- 35201
- 35202
- 35203
- 35204
- 35205
- 35206
- 35207
- 35208
- 35209
- 35210
- 35211
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
- Montgomery 195 287
- Mobile 183 289
- Tuscaloosa 111 338
- Hoover 84 848
- Dothan 68 567
Other places named Birmingham
- Birmingham England, United Kingdom
- Birmingham Michigan, United States
- Birmingham Iowa, United States
- Birmingham Missouri, United States
- Birmingham Pennsylvania, 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
- Graymont — 2.9 km
- East Birmingham — 3.2 km
- East Thomas — 3.3 km
- English Village — 3.5 km
- Kingston — 3.6 km
- Elyton — 4.1 km
Time and daylight in Birmingham
The local zone in Birmingham is America/Chicago, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Today's daylight in Birmingham begins at 6:12 AM and finishes at 4:52 PM. The total is 10 h 41 min.
Birmingham, Graymont and East Birmingham all run on one and the same time.
Postal areas within Birmingham come to 12.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Birmingham?
- Birmingham is in America/Chicago, which has an offset of −6.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Birmingham?
- No.
- When is the sun up in Birmingham?
- The sun comes up at 6:12 AM.