Oakland in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.7293, -86.8070
- Elevation
- 211 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 985 km away
- Same name
- 99 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Oakland, Alabama, United States
Get the current local time in Oakland, Alabama, United States, a location in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Oakland, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Oakland
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Oakland keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:15 AM Solar noon 11:32 AM Sunset 4:50 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 5:48 AM – 5:16 PM
Weather in Oakland right now
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Oakland and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02858
- 04963
- 07436
- 21550
- 34760
- 38060
- 38948
- 42159
- 48363
- 51560
- 61943
- 68045
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 Oakland
- Oakland California, United States
- Oakland New Jersey, United States
- Oakland Tennessee, United States
- Oakland Florida, United States
- Oakland Maine, 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
- Burgreen Gin — 1.0 km
- Capshaw — 5.1 km
- East Limestone — 6.2 km
- Madison — 6.3 km
- Brentwood — 6.9 km
- Rainbow — 7.0 km
Local time details for Oakland
Today the sun rises over Oakland at 6:15 AM and sets at 4:50 PM. That is 10 h 35 min of daylight in all.
Look nearby and you will see Burgreen Gin and Capshaw on the same clock as Oakland.
Postal areas within Oakland come to 12.
Oakland falls within America/Chicago, which places it UTC−6 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Oakland labeled?
- The time zone for Oakland is labeled America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Do clocks in Oakland shift for daylight saving time?
- No.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Oakland — what are they?
- Sunrise at 6:15 AM, sunset at 4:50 PM.