Fort Gaines in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.2491, -88.0782
- Elevation
- 2 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1393 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fort Gaines, Alabama, United States
This is the current time in Fort Gaines, Alabama, United States, shown for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Fort Gaines, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fort Gaines
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Fort Gaines 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 6:32 AM – 6:45 PM
Weather in Fort Gaines right now
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Fort Gaines and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 39851
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 Fort Gaines
- Fort Gaines Georgia, 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
- Dauphin Island — 3.1 km
- Trade Winds Trailer Park — 3.9 km
- Fort Morgan — 8.6 km
- Heron Bay — 12.8 km
- Alabama Port — 13.1 km
- Delchamps — 18.2 km
Local time details for Fort Gaines
The postal code count for Fort Gaines is 1.
The time zone assigned to Fort Gaines is America/Chicago, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
In Fort Gaines the sun rises today at 6:57 AM and sets again at 6:21 PM. Daylight fills 11 h 24 min of the day.
Nearby places like Dauphin Island and Trade Winds Trailer Park are on Fort Gaines time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Fort Gaines?
- The applicable time zone information is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Fort Gaines observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Fort Gaines: Yes.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Fort Gaines?
- At 6:57 AM.