Dothan in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.2232, -85.3905
- Population
- 68 567
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1142 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dothan, Alabama, United States
This page shows local time in Dothan, Alabama, United States as of this moment, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Dothan, United States
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dothan
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Dothan, Alabama.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:48 AM Solar noon 12:28 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 11 h 19 min Night 12 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Dothan right now
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Dothan and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 25833
- 36301
- 36302
- 36303
- 36304
- 36305
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 Dothan
- Dothan Wales, United Kingdom
- Dothan Saint John Parish, Grenada
- Dothan Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
- Dothan North Carolina, United States
- Dothan South Carolina, 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
- Shady Heights — 1.5 km
- The Meadows — 1.5 km
- Vann — 1.6 km
- Brown Estates — 1.8 km
- Stadium Place — 1.8 km
- Normandale — 2.0 km
Time and daylight in Dothan
The offset in Dothan is UTC−5, under the America/Chicago time zone. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today the sun rises over Dothan at 6:48 AM and sets at 6:07 PM. That is 11 h 19 min of daylight in all.
Same time, different place: The Meadows and Shady Heights near Dothan.
Postal areas within Dothan come to 6.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Dothan follow?
- Local time in Dothan follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Dothan?
- Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Dothan?
- At 6:07 PM.