Selma in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.4074, -87.0211
- Population
- 19 519
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1154 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Selma, Alabama, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Selma, Alabama, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Selma, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Selma
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Selma, Alabama.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:01 AM Solar noon 12:33 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 11 h 04 min Night 12 h 56 min Civil twilight 6:36 AM – 6:30 PM
Weather in Selma right now
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Selma and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24474
- 27576
- 36701
- 36702
- 36703
- 47383
- 52588
- 93662
- 97538
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 Selma
- Selma California, United States
- Selma Texas, United States
- Selma North Carolina, United States
- Selma Indiana, United States
- Selma Oregon, 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
- Selmont — 1.8 km
- West Selmont — 1.8 km
- Sunset Mill Village — 2.8 km
- Selmont-West Selmont — 3.5 km
- Brantley — 7.4 km
- Potter — 8.6 km
About the time in Selma
The mail network in Selma covers 9 codes.
Local clocks in Selma answer to America/Chicago, set UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today the sun rises over Selma at 7:01 AM and sets at 6:05 PM. That is 11 h 04 min of daylight in all.
The clock does not change between Selma, West Selmont and Selmont.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Selma be stated?
- It should be stated as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Selma move for summer time?
- Yes.
- How early does the sun rise in Selma?
- The first sunlight comes at 7:01 AM.