Fort Walton Beach in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.4244, -86.6192
- Population
- 21 817
- Region
- Florida
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1285 km away
What time is it in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States
Local time in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Fort Walton Beach, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fort Walton Beach
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:04 AM Solar noon 11:31 AM Sunset 4:58 PM Daylight 10 h 54 min Night 13 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:39 AM – 5:23 PM
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Fort Walton Beach and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 32547
- 32548
- 32549
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
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Nearby places
- Cinco Bayou — 1.0 km
- Ocean City — 1.9 km
- Wright — 3.9 km
- Shalimar — 4.1 km
- Garnier — 4.1 km
- Mary Esther — 4.7 km
Time and daylight in Fort Walton Beach
Deliveries to Fort Walton Beach are sorted by 3 postal codes.
Fort Walton Beach observes America/Chicago time, currently expressed as UTC−6. Daylight saving time here: No.
Sunrise arrives in Fort Walton Beach at 6:04 AM today and the sun goes down at 4:58 PM. That gives the day 10 h 54 min of light.
The hours shown for Fort Walton Beach apply equally in Cinco Bayou and Ocean City.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Fort Walton Beach based on?
- The clock in Fort Walton Beach is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Are the clocks in Fort Walton Beach adjusted for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving in Fort Walton Beach: No.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Fort Walton Beach?
- Sunrise 6:04 AM, sunset 4:58 PM.