Alachua County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.6748, -82.3577
- Region
- Florida
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1135 km away
What time is it in Alachua County, Florida, United States
The present local time in Alachua County, Florida, United States is given below, for the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Alachua County, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Alachua County
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Alachua County, Florida.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:49 AM Solar noon 12:14 PM Sunset 5:40 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 6:05 PM
Weather in Alachua County right now
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Alachua County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 32610 Gainesville — 0.8 km away
- 32611 Gainesville — 0.8 km away
- 32612 Gainesville — 0.8 km away
- 32614 Gainesville — 0.8 km away
- 32635 Gainesville — 0.8 km away
- 32605 Gainesville — 1.1 km away
- 32603 Gainesville — 2.7 km away
- 32627 Gainesville — 4.1 km away
- 32601 Gainesville — 4.3 km away
- 32606 Gainesville — 4.9 km away
- 32607 Gainesville — 5.5 km away
- 32609 Gainesville — 5.6 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 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
- Shadow Lawn Estates — 2.0 km
- Wimberly Estates — 2.6 km
- Northwood — 3.3 km
- Suburban Heights — 3.4 km
- Varsity Mobile Home Villa — 3.5 km
- Paradise — 3.6 km
About the time in Alachua County
Whatever the hour in Alachua County, it is the same in Shadow Lawn Estates and Wimberly Estates.
The postal breakdown of Alachua County runs to 12 codes.
The time zone assigned to Alachua County is America/New_York, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
In Alachua County the sun rises today at 6:49 AM and sets again at 5:40 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 51 min of the day.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Alachua County identified?
- The time zone for Alachua County is identified as America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Do people in Alachua County set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Alachua County: No.
- What time is sunrise in Alachua County?
- It is 6:49 AM.