Rainsville in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.4943, -85.8477
- Elevation
- 391 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 031
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 925 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rainsville, Alabama, United States
See what time it currently is in Rainsville, Alabama, United States — the time zone there is America/Chicago (−5).
Rainsville, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rainsville
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Rainsville.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:51 AM Solar noon 12:30 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 11 h 19 min Night 12 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:25 AM – 6:35 PM
Weather in Rainsville right now
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Rainsville and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 35986
- 87736
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 Rainsville
- Rainsville Indiana, United States
- Rainsville New Mexico, 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
- Lands Crossroads — 1.8 km
- Chavies — 3.9 km
- Dekalb County — 5.5 km
- Luna (historical) — 5.6 km
- Powell — 6.0 km
- Lydia — 6.8 km
Time and daylight in Rainsville
The sky over Rainsville lightens at 6:51 AM and the sun sets at 6:09 PM. Daylight runs for 11 h 19 min today.
Close to Rainsville, the towns of Lands Crossroads and Chavies show the same time.
Postal codes valid in Rainsville number 2.
The time standard for Rainsville is America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Can Rainsville's time zone be given as America/Chicago?
- Yes, Rainsville's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Rainsville run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Rainsville: Yes.
- What time will the sun set in Rainsville today?
- Today it sets at 6:09 PM.