Kinston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.2160, -86.1711
- Elevation
- 82 m above sea level
- Population
- 540
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1191 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Kinston, Alabama, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Kinston, Alabama, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Kinston, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Kinston
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Kinston keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:59 AM Solar noon 12:29 PM Sunset 6:00 PM Daylight 11 h 01 min Night 12 h 59 min Civil twilight 6:34 AM – 6:25 PM
Weather in Kinston right now
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Kinston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28501
- 28502
- 28503
- 28504
- 36453
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 Kinston
- Kinston North Carolina, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Houston United States
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- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Estothel — 4.1 km
- Rhoades — 5.3 km
- Beulah — 6.0 km
- Lowery — 6.0 km
- Holley Store — 6.9 km
- Perry Store — 7.3 km
Local time details for Kinston
Kinston includes 5 postal codes.
Kinston marks time with America/Chicago at an offset of UTC−5. Does the area change clocks seasonally? Yes.
Sunrise happens at 6:59 AM in Kinston today and sunset at 6:00 PM. That marks 11 h 01 min of daylight.
Estothel and Rhoades are near Kinston and do not differ from it in time.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Kinston?
- The time in Kinston is calculated using America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time reach Kinston?
- Daylight saving time in Kinston: Yes.
- Please give the sunset time for Kinston.
- The sun sets at 6:00 PM.