Gainestown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.4454, -87.6933
- Elevation
- 81 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1273 km away
What time is it in Gainestown, Alabama, United States
This page shows the current local time in Gainestown, Alabama, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Gainestown, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Gainestown
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Gainestown.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:13 AM Solar noon 11:36 AM Sunset 4:59 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 5:47 AM – 5:24 PM
Weather in Gainestown right now
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Gainestown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 36540
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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- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
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Nearby places
- Barlow Bend — 5.7 km
- Alma — 6.1 km
- Manila — 7.6 km
- Eliska — 10.4 km
- Choctaw Bluff — 11.0 km
- Homewood — 12.3 km
Gainestown: clock, sun and surroundings
Postal designations for Gainestown total 1.
Gainestown operates on America/Chicago at UTC−6. Daylight saving time used here: No.
Today's sunrise at Gainestown falls at 6:13 AM; sunset follows at 4:59 PM. Between them lie 10 h 46 min of daylight.
The time in Gainestown is also the time in nearby Barlow Bend and Alma.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Gainestown uses?
- Gainestown uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is there a spring or autumn clock change in Gainestown?
- Daylight saving in Gainestown: No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Gainestown?
- Sunset there is at 4:59 PM.