Cottonwood in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.0488, -85.3049
- Elevation
- 50 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 264
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1152 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cottonwood, Alabama, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Cottonwood, Alabama, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−6).
Cottonwood, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cottonwood
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Cottonwood, Alabama.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:59 AM Solar noon 11:26 AM Sunset 4:53 PM Daylight 10 h 53 min Night 13 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:34 AM – 5:18 PM
Weather in Cottonwood right now
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Cottonwood and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 36320
- 56229
- 83522
- 86326
- 96022
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 Cottonwood
- Cottonwood Arizona, United States
- Cottonwood California, United States
- Cottonwood California, United States
- Cottonwood Minnesota, United States
- Cottonwood Colorado, 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
- Sealy Springs — 1.4 km
- Terry Crossroads — 6.7 km
- Hodgesville — 7.5 km
- Love Hill — 8.0 km
- Madrid — 8.5 km
- Keytons — 9.2 km
About the time in Cottonwood
Addressing within Cottonwood draws on 5 postal codes.
The clock standard in Cottonwood is America/Chicago, offset by UTC−6. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Sunrise for Cottonwood today is set at 5:59 AM, sunset at 4:53 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 53 min.
If you are looking near Cottonwood, both Sealy Springs and Terry Crossroads keep the same time.
Questions and answers
- How is Cottonwood's time zone listed?
- Cottonwood's time zone is listed as America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time used in Cottonwood?
- No.
- What is the local sunset time in Cottonwood?
- Local sunset is 4:53 PM.