Chelsea in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.3401, -86.6303
- Elevation
- 156 m above sea level
- Population
- 12 059
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1059 km away
- Same name
- 33 more places in the world share this name
The local time in Chelsea, Alabama, United States — in the America/Chicago time zone (−6) — is shown on this page.
Chelsea, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Chelsea
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Chelsea keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
Sunrise 6:07 AM Solar noon 11:31 AM Sunset 4:55 PM Daylight 10 h 48 min Night 13 h 12 min Civil twilight 5:41 AM – 5:21 PM
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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.
East Saginaw and Shelby County lie near Chelsea and keep identical time.
There are 7 postal code zones in Chelsea.
Chelsea runs its day on America/Chicago, which is offset UTC−6. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
Chelsea sees first light at 6:07 AM today and the sun sets at 4:55 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 48 min.