Cherokee in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.7570, -87.9728
- Elevation
- 163 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 014
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1076 km away
- Same name
- 18 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cherokee, Alabama, United States
The local time in Cherokee, Alabama, United States — in the America/Chicago time zone (−5) — is shown on this page.
Cherokee, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cherokee
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Cherokee, Alabama.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:09 AM Solar noon 12:37 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 10 h 56 min Night 13 h 04 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Cherokee right now
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Cherokee and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28719
- 35616
- 51012
- 66724
- 73728
- 76832
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 Cherokee
- Cherokee Iowa, United States
- Cherokee North Carolina, United States
- Cherokee Oklahoma, United States
- Cherokee Kansas, United States
- Cherokee California, 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
- Chisca — 3.1 km
- Buzzard Roost — 4.6 km
- Mount Hester — 4.8 km
- Ingleton (historical) — 5.0 km
- Lime Kiln — 6.1 km
- Newport (historical) — 6.6 km
Time and daylight in Cherokee
Chisca and Buzzard Roost are neighbours of Cherokee on the same clock.
Locations in Cherokee are covered by 6 postal codes.
Clocks in Cherokee are set by America/Chicago and read UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
In Cherokee, today's sun rises at 7:09 AM and sets at 6:05 PM. Light stays for 10 h 56 min.
Questions and answers
- Is Cherokee in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Cherokee is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Cherokee?
- Daylight saving time in Cherokee: Yes.
- What time will the sun rise in Cherokee today?
- Today it rises at 7:09 AM.