Elgin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.8487, -87.3911
- Elevation
- 195 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1024 km away
- Same name
- 33 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Elgin, Alabama, United States
This is a live clock for Elgin, Alabama, United States, showing local time in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Elgin, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Elgin
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Elgin.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:13 AM Solar noon 11:34 AM Sunset 4:55 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 5:47 AM – 5:21 PM
Weather in Elgin right now
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Elgin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 16413
- 29045
- 37732
- 45838
- 52141
- 55932
- 58533
- 60120
- 60121
- 60122
- 60123
- 60124
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 Elgin
- Elgin Illinois, United States
- Elgin Scotland, United Kingdom
- Elgin Texas, United States
- Elgin Oklahoma, United States
- Elgin 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
- Pine Haven Shores — 3.0 km
- Thorntontown — 3.4 km
- Belleview (historical) — 4.5 km
- Houstontown — 4.7 km
- Mitchelltown — 5.0 km
- Toonersville — 5.1 km
Elgin: clock, sun and surroundings
Postal designations for Elgin total 12.
People in Elgin keep America/Chicago, a zone offset of UTC−6. Seasonal time change: No.
In Elgin the sun appears at 6:13 AM and disappears at 4:55 PM today. Daylight stretches 10 h 42 min.
The clock in nearby Pine Haven Shores and Thorntontown follows Elgin.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Chicago be used as the time zone for Elgin?
- Yes, Elgin uses America/Chicago, whose offset is −6.
- Is there a spring or autumn clock change in Elgin?
- Daylight saving in Elgin: No.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Elgin.
- The sunrise hour is 6:13 AM.