Preston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.5259, -86.1725
- Elevation
- 183 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 948 km away
- Same name
- 57 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Preston, Alabama, United States
Learn the current time in Preston, Alabama, United States, a place in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Preston, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Preston
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Preston.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:03 AM Solar noon 12:29 PM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 10 h 53 min Night 13 h 07 min Civil twilight 6:37 AM – 6:22 PM
Weather in Preston right now
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Preston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 06365
- 21655
- 31824
- 39354
- 40366
- 52069
- 55965
- 65732
- 74456
- 83263
- 98050
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 Preston
- Preston England, United Kingdom
- Preston Victoria, Australia
- Preston Idaho, United States
- Preston Nova Scotia, Canada
- Preston Texas, 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
- Breezeway Bay — 2.8 km
- Goodwin Subdivision — 4.0 km
- Swearengin — 4.5 km
- Kirbytown — 4.7 km
- Lakeview Beach — 6.3 km
- Lewis Evans Subdivision — 6.4 km
Preston: clock, sun and surroundings
Both Breezeway Bay and Goodwin Subdivision are near Preston and keep its time.
Mail addressed to Preston uses 11 postal codes.
Preston stands in America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: Yes.
In Preston the sun rises today at 7:03 AM and sets again at 5:56 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 53 min of the day.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with Preston?
- The value associated with Preston is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time used in Preston?
- Yes.
- What time is first light in Preston?
- The sun rises at 7:03 AM.