Drifton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.6815, -87.2328
- Elevation
- 85 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1081 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Drifton, Alabama, United States
Watch the current local time in Drifton, Alabama, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Drifton, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Drifton
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Drifton.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:09 AM Solar noon 11:34 AM Sunset 4:58 PM Daylight 10 h 49 min Night 13 h 11 min Civil twilight 5:43 AM – 5:24 PM
Weather in Drifton right now
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Drifton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 18221
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 Drifton
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
- Goodsprings — 1.4 km
- High Level — 2.6 km
- Bradleytown — 2.6 km
- Aldridge — 3.0 km
- Gorgas — 4.2 km
- Littletons — 5.6 km
About the time in Drifton
Today at Drifton, the sun rises at 6:09 AM and sets at 4:58 PM. That gives 10 h 49 min of daylight.
Goodsprings and Bradleytown lie near Drifton and keep identical time.
1 postal code divide Drifton.
The clock standard in Drifton is America/Chicago, offset by UTC−6. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Drifton based on America/Chicago?
- Yes, local time in Drifton is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does daylight saving time reach Drifton?
- Daylight saving time in Drifton: No.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Drifton?
- Yes, it is 6:09 AM.