Gainesville in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.8210, -88.1589
- Elevation
- 40 m above sea level
- Population
- 197
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1207 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gainesville, Alabama, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Gainesville, Alabama, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Gainesville, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Gainesville
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Gainesville.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:12 AM Solar noon 11:37 AM Sunset 5:02 PM Daylight 10 h 50 min Night 13 h 10 min Civil twilight 5:47 AM – 5:28 PM
Weather in Gainesville right now
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Gainesville and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 14066
- 20155
- 20156
- 30501
- 30503
- 30504
- 30506
- 30507
- 32601
- 32602
- 32603
- 32604
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 Gainesville
- Gainesville Florida, United States
- Gainesville Georgia, United States
- Gainesville Texas, United States
- Gainesville Virginia, United States
- Gainesville Missouri, 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
- New Mount Hebron — 6.7 km
- Mount Hebron — 9.5 km
- Crawford Fork — 9.8 km
- New West Greene — 11.7 km
- Lizzieville — 12.7 km
- West Greene — 13.3 km
About the time in Gainesville
Postal areas within Gainesville come to 12.
Gainesville is placed in America/Chicago, and its offset from UTC is −6. Daylight saving observed here: No.
Today the day starts in Gainesville at 6:12 AM with sunrise and ends at 5:02 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 10 h 50 min.
New Mount Hebron and Mount Hebron are close to Gainesville and observe the same time.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Gainesville labeled?
- The time zone for Gainesville is labeled America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Gainesville?
- Daylight saving time in Gainesville: No.
- What time is sunset in Gainesville?
- It is 5:02 PM.