Dauphin Island in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.2555, -88.1097
- Elevation
- 2 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 251
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1395 km away
What time is it in Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States
Learn the current time in Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States, a place in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Dauphin Island, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dauphin Island
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Dauphin Island keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:57 AM Solar noon 12:39 PM Sunset 6:21 PM Daylight 11 h 24 min Night 12 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:33 AM – 6:45 PM
Weather in Dauphin Island right now
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Dauphin Island and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 36528
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
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
- Trade Winds Trailer Park — 1.0 km
- Fort Gaines — 3.1 km
- Heron Bay — 11.2 km
- Fort Morgan — 11.7 km
- Alabama Port — 12.0 km
- Delchamps — 16.6 km
About the time in Dauphin Island
Postal service in Dauphin Island uses 1 codes.
Dauphin Island runs on America/Chicago, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
The sky over Dauphin Island lightens at 6:57 AM and the sun sets at 6:21 PM. Daylight runs for 11 h 24 min today.
The clock reading for Dauphin Island covers nearby Trade Winds Trailer Park and Fort Gaines as well.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Dauphin Island?
- The entry corresponding to Dauphin Island is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do the clocks in Dauphin Island go back at any point?
- Yes.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Dauphin Island?
- At 6:57 AM.