Key in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.1026, -85.5344
- Elevation
- 195 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 927 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Key, Alabama, United States
Current local time for Key, Alabama, United States is listed here, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Key, United States
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Key
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Key, Alabama.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:54 AM Solar noon 12:28 PM Sunset 6:01 PM Daylight 11 h 07 min Night 12 h 53 min Civil twilight 6:29 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in Key right now
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Key and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 35960 Centre — 7.0 km away
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 Key
- Key East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
- Key Isfahan, Iran
- Key Māzandarān, Iran
- Key Saint Mary Cayon, Saint Kitts And Nevis
- Key Ohio, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
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- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
Local time details for Key
Locations in Key are covered by 1 postal code.
The time zone in effect for Key is America/Chicago, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Sunrise today in Key lands at 6:54 AM; sunset lands at 6:01 PM. That is 11 h 07 min of light.
Neighbouring Noah and Whorton keep the same hours as Key.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Key?
- Use America/Chicago for Key; its offset is −5.
- Do clocks in Key shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- Sunrise in Key is at what time?
- At 6:54 AM.