Palmetto Beach in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.2477, -87.8397
- Elevation
- 1 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1378 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Palmetto Beach, Alabama, United States
This page shows the current local time in Palmetto Beach, Alabama, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Palmetto Beach, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Palmetto Beach
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Palmetto Beach keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:55 AM Solar noon 12:38 PM Sunset 6:21 PM Daylight 11 h 26 min Night 12 h 34 min Civil twilight 6:31 AM – 6:45 PM
Weather in Palmetto Beach right now
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Palmetto Beach and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 36542 Gulf Shores — 8.2 km away
- 36511 Bon Secour — 11.8 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 Palmetto Beach
- Palmetto Beach Ohio, 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
- Cedar Grove — 0.3 km
- Gasque — 2.0 km
- Gulf Highlands — 4.3 km
- Oyster Bay — 10.2 km
- Land Harbor Mobile Home Park — 11.5 km
- Bon Secour — 13.0 km
Local time details for Palmetto Beach
Sunrise reaches Palmetto Beach at 6:55 AM, and the sun sets at 6:21 PM. Light lasts 11 h 26 min.
Both Cedar Grove and Gasque are near Palmetto Beach and keep its time.
2 distinct postal codes apply to Palmetto Beach.
The time standard for Palmetto Beach is America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Palmetto Beach based on?
- The clock in Palmetto Beach is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is the time in Palmetto Beach adjusted seasonally?
- Yes.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Palmetto Beach?
- At 6:55 AM.