Cairo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.8706, -87.1445
- Elevation
- 206 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1003 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cairo, Alabama, United States
The present local time in Cairo, Alabama, United States is given below, for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Cairo, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cairo
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Cairo.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:10 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 – 5:22 PM
Weather in Cairo right now
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Cairo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12413
- 26337
- 39827
- 39828
- 45820
- 62914
- 65239
- 68824
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 Cairo
- Cairo Cairo, Egypt
- Cairo Georgia, United States
- Cairo Illinois, United States
- Cairo New York, United States
- Cairo Nebraska, 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
- Lentzville — 3.0 km
- Hickory Hills — 4.3 km
- Elk Estates — 4.8 km
- Shanghai — 5.9 km
- Blue Springs Park — 6.2 km
- Gipsy — 6.2 km
Local time details for Cairo
Nearby places like Lentzville and Hickory Hills are on Cairo time.
8 postal codes are listed for Cairo.
Local timekeeping in Cairo uses America/Chicago, equal to UTC−5. Summer clock change: Yes.
Sun-up in Cairo is 6:10 AM today and sun-down is 4:56 PM. That gap holds 10 h 46 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Cairo?
- The time in Cairo is calculated using America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Cairo stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Cairo: Yes.
- What time will the sun set in Cairo today?
- Today it sets at 4:56 PM.