Central in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.6662, -85.7905
- Elevation
- 421 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 910 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central, Alabama, United States
Read off the current local time in Central, Alabama, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Central, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Central
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Central, Alabama.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:06 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 4:50 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 5:40 AM – 5:16 PM
Weather in Central right now
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Central and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29630
- 47110
- 84722
- 85531
- 99730
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 Central
- Central Louisiana, United States
- Central Bahia, Brazil
- Central Ontario, Canada
- Central Central and Western, Hong Kong
- Central South Carolina, 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
- Glenzaida — 3.5 km
- Henagar — 4.1 km
- Rosalie — 4.2 km
- Fair View — 4.4 km
- Pisgah — 5.5 km
- Elliott Crossroads — 6.3 km
Time and daylight in Central
The postal system lists 5 codes for Central.
Central stands in America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: No.
Central gets its sunrise at 6:06 AM and its sunset at 4:50 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 44 min.
Neighbouring Glenzaida and Henagar keep the same hours as Central.
Questions and answers
- How can I identify the time zone of Central?
- The time zone of Central is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Central?
- No.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Central.
- They are 6:06 AM and 4:50 PM.