Eglin Air Force Base in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.4591, -86.5503
- Elevation
- 13 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 274
- Region
- Florida
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1278 km away
What time is it in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, United States
You can see the current local time of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, United States on this page, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Eglin Air Force Base, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Eglin Air Force Base
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:59 AM Solar noon 12:31 PM Sunset 6:03 PM Daylight 11 h 05 min Night 12 h 55 min Civil twilight 6:34 AM – 6:28 PM
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Eglin Air Force Base and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 32579 Shalimar — 2.5 km away
- 32580 Valparaiso — 7.3 km away
- 32547 Fort Walton Beach — 7.3 km away
- 32549 Fort Walton Beach — 7.9 km away
- 32548 Fort Walton Beach — 8.6 km away
- 32540 Destin — 9.0 km away
- 32578 Niceville — 9.2 km away
- 32542 Eglin Afb — 10.5 km away
- 32541 Destin — 10.6 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/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Eglin Village — 1.1 km
- Lake Lorraine — 2.4 km
- Shalimar — 3.6 km
- Longwood — 3.7 km
- Garnier — 4.9 km
- Valparaiso — 5.5 km
Eglin Air Force Base: clock, sun and surroundings
Time in Eglin Air Force Base is measured by America/Chicago, at UTC−5. Whether clocks are moved for summer: Yes.
Eglin Air Force Base has sunrise at 6:59 AM today and sunset at 6:03 PM. Light holds for 11 h 05 min.
Eglin Air Force Base and nearby Eglin Village and Lake Lorraine are never an hour apart.
Eglin Air Force Base is mapped by 9 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Eglin Air Force Base?
- The time zone local to Eglin Air Force Base is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Should I expect a daylight saving change in Eglin Air Force Base?
- Yes.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Eglin Air Force Base?
- It sets at 6:03 PM.