Sumter in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.3535, -87.1278
- Elevation
- 166 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1095 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sumter, Alabama, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Sumter, Alabama, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Sumter, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Sumter
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Sumter.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:01 AM Solar noon 12:34 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 11 h 05 min Night 12 h 55 min Civil twilight 6:36 AM – 6:32 PM
Weather in Sumter right now
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Sumter and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29150
- 29151
- 29153
- 29154
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 Sumter
- Sumter South Carolina, United States
- Sumter Georgia, United States
- Sumter Minnesota, United States
- Sumter Nebraska, 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
- Johns — 1.9 km
- Lawsontown — 3.5 km
- Black Diamond — 3.9 km
- Lowetown — 7.0 km
- Cloester Valley — 7.5 km
- Chinn — 7.7 km
Local time details for Sumter
Today Sumter sees sunrise at 7:01 AM, sunset at 6:06 PM. Daylight comes out to 11 h 05 min.
The time you see for Sumter is also correct for Johns and Lawsontown.
Postal codes tied to Sumter number 4.
Sumter stands in America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What is Sumter's time zone?
- Sumter's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Sumter?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunrise in Sumter?
- The hour is 7:01 AM.