Rural in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.8643, -87.7386
- Elevation
- 97 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1244 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rural, Alabama, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Rural, Alabama, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Rural, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rural
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Rural keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:04 AM Solar noon 12:36 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 11 h 03 min Night 12 h 57 min Civil twilight 6:39 AM – 6:32 PM
Weather in Rural right now
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Rural and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 36784 Thomasville — 5.1 km away
- 36446 Fulton — 8.2 km away
- 36436 Dickinson — 11.5 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 Rural
- Rural Indiana, United States
- Rural Kentucky, United States
- Rural Ohio, United States
- Rural Utah, United States
- Rural Virginia, 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
- Springfield — 4.0 km
- Roundhill — 4.1 km
- Mcwer — 4.1 km
- Midway — 5.3 km
- Thomasville — 5.5 km
- Choctaw Corner — 8.0 km
Time and daylight in Rural
Rural tells time by America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
The sun rises here at 7:04 AM and sets at 6:07 PM in Rural today. Daylight adds up to 11 h 03 min.
The clock reading for Rural covers nearby Springfield and Mcwer as well.
Rural includes 3 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Does Rural use the America/Chicago time zone?
- Yes, Rural uses America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is the time in Rural adjusted seasonally?
- Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Rural?
- Yes, it is 7:04 AM.