Sweet Gum in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.9781, -87.4184
- Elevation
- 229 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1020 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sweet Gum, Alabama, United States
The present local time in Sweet Gum, Alabama, United States is given below, for the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Sweet Gum, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Sweet Gum
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Sweet Gum keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:18 AM Solar noon 11:35 AM Sunset 4:51 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 5:52 AM – 5:17 PM
Weather in Sweet Gum right now
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Sweet Gum and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 35648 Lexington — 3.4 km away
- 38481 Saint Joseph — 10.1 km away
- 38469 Loretto — 10.6 km away
- 35645 Killen — 11.8 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 Sweet Gum
- Sweet Gum Georgia, 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
- Arkdell — 2.3 km
- Belew (historical) — 2.4 km
- Center Hill — 3.7 km
- Rascal Town — 3.9 km
- Peppertown — 4.0 km
- Lexington — 4.4 km
About the time in Sweet Gum
The time zone in effect for Sweet Gum is America/Chicago, at UTC−6. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Sunrise at Sweet Gum today happens at 6:18 AM, sunset at 4:51 PM. The two are 10 h 32 min apart.
Sweet Gum keeps the same time as its neighbours Arkdell and Belew (historical).
Locations in Sweet Gum are covered by 4 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Sweet Gum in?
- Sweet Gum is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Does the local time in Sweet Gum change with daylight saving?
- No.
- What time is first light in Sweet Gum?
- The sun rises at 6:18 AM.