Shell in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.6013, -86.6536
- Elevation
- 101 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1191 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shell, Alabama, United States
Local time right now in Shell, Alabama, United States appears above, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Shell, United States
Saturday, 5 September 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Shell
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Shell.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:26 AM Solar noon 12:47 PM Sunset 7:07 PM Daylight 12 h 41 min Night 11 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:01 AM – 7:32 PM
Weather in Shell right now
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Shell and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 82441
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 Shell
- Shell Wyoming, United States
- Shell Pastaza Province, Ecuador
- Shell England, United Kingdom
- Shell California, United States
- Shell South Carolina, 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
- Industry — 3.9 km
- Rhodes — 4.4 km
- Avant — 5.1 km
- Brushy Creek — 7.6 km
- East Chapman — 8.2 km
- Mckenzie — 8.8 km
Shell: clock, sun and surroundings
Shell sets its clocks by America/Chicago, which runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Today Shell sees sunrise at 6:26 AM, sunset at 7:07 PM. Daylight comes out to 12 h 41 min.
Time in Industry and Rhodes, both close to Shell, runs the same.
Addresses in Shell fall under 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Shell?
- The designation used for Shell is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Shell stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Shell: Yes.
- Sunrise in Shell is at what time?
- At 6:26 AM.