Dawsons in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.1132, -86.9928
- Elevation
- 43 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1174 km away
What time is it in Dawsons, Alabama, United States
The current hour and minute in Dawsons, Alabama, United States are shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Dawsons, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dawsons
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Dawsons, Alabama.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:53 AM Solar noon 12:35 PM Sunset 6:16 PM Daylight 11 h 23 min Night 12 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:28 AM – 6:41 PM
Weather in Dawsons right now
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Dawsons and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 36761 Minter — 10.8 km away
- 36741 Furman — 12.0 km away
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
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Nearby places
- Swink — 2.7 km
- Minter — 3.9 km
- Carlowville — 4.9 km
- Richmond — 5.9 km
- Elm Bluff — 8.7 km
- Pleasant Hill — 9.6 km
Local time details for Dawsons
Today Dawsons sees sunrise at 6:53 AM, sunset at 6:16 PM. Daylight comes out to 11 h 23 min.
The time given for Dawsons holds for nearby Swink and Minter too.
Mail addressed to Dawsons uses 2 postal codes.
The clock standard in Dawsons is America/Chicago, offset by UTC−5. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for Dawsons?
- Enter America/Chicago as the time zone for Dawsons; its offset is −5.
- Is the time in Dawsons adjusted seasonally?
- Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Dawsons?
- Today the sun sets at 6:16 PM.