Huntsville in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.7304, -86.5859
- Population
- 215 006
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 967 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Look up the current time in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, which follows the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Huntsville, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Huntsville
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Huntsville, Alabama.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:16 AM Solar noon 11:31 AM Sunset 4:47 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 5:49 AM – 5:14 PM
Weather in Huntsville right now
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Huntsville and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 35801
- 35802
- 35803
- 35804
- 35805
- 35806
- 35807
- 35808
- 35809
- 35810
- 35811
- 35812
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
- Birmingham 196 357
- Montgomery 195 287
- Mobile 183 289
- Tuscaloosa 111 338
- Hoover 84 848
- Dothan 68 567
Other places named Huntsville
- Huntsville Texas, United States
- Huntsville Ontario, Canada
- Huntsville Arkansas, United States
- Huntsville Missouri, United States
- Huntsville Tennessee, 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
- Echols Hill — 1.0 km
- Longwood — 1.3 km
- Lincoln — 1.7 km
- Dallas — 1.7 km
- West Huntsville — 2.4 km
- Cavalry Hill — 2.6 km
Local time details for Huntsville
Clocks in Huntsville follow America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.
Sunrise time for Huntsville today is 6:16 AM; sunset time is 4:47 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 32 min.
There is no time difference between Huntsville and nearby Echols Hill or Longwood.
The full list of postal codes for Huntsville runs to 12.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is used in Huntsville?
- The time zone used in Huntsville is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Huntsville?
- No.
- At what time is the sun rising in Huntsville?
- The sun is rising at 6:16 AM.