Alachua in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.7516, -82.4248
- Elevation
- 42 m above sea level
- Population
- 9 757
- Region
- Florida
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1130 km away
What time is it in Alachua, Florida, United States
See what time it currently is in Alachua, Florida, United States — the time zone there is America/New_York (−4).
Alachua, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Alachua
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Alachua, Florida.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:34 AM Solar noon 1:16 PM Sunset 6:59 PM Daylight 11 h 25 min Night 12 h 35 min Civil twilight 7:09 AM – 7:23 PM
Weather in Alachua right now
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Alachua and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 32615
- 32616
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 Florida
- Jacksonville 1 009 833
- Miami 487 014
- Tampa 414 547
- Orlando 334 854
- St. Petersburg 257 083
- Hialeah 237 069
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Hague — 2.1 km
- Chantilly Acres — 4.2 km
- Burnetts Lake — 6.5 km
- Autumn Leaves Mobile Home Park — 7.5 km
- Bonners Mobile Home Park — 7.5 km
- Northwood — 7.7 km
Alachua: clock, sun and surroundings
The zone name for Alachua is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun will rise at 7:34 AM and set at 6:59 PM in Alachua today. Daylight amounts to 11 h 25 min.
Time in Hague and Chantilly Acres, both close to Alachua, runs the same.
Alachua is mapped by 2 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Can you tell me the time zone for Alachua?
- Alachua is in America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Alachua?
- Yes.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Alachua?
- Sunrise there is at 7:34 AM.