Alton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.0164, -85.3517
- Elevation
- 246 m above sea level
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 835 km away
- Same name
- 34 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alton, Michigan, United States
This page shows local time in Alton, Michigan, United States as of this moment, in the America/Detroit zone (−4).
Alton, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Detroit
Local time in Alton
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Alton, Michigan.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:58 AM Solar noon 1:28 PM Sunset 6:57 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 7:29 AM – 7:26 PM
Weather in Alton right now
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Alton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03809
- 14413
- 24520
- 35015
- 51003
- 62002
- 65606
- 67623
- 84710
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 Michigan
- Detroit 645 705
- Grand Rapids 195 097
- Warren 134 056
- Sterling Heights 132 052
- Ann Arbor 117 070
- Lansing 112 644
Other places named Alton
- Alton Illinois, United States
- Alton England, United Kingdom
- Alton Texas, United States
- Alton Iowa, United States
- Alton Missouri, United States
Same time zone — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Moseley — 1.5 km
- Fallassburg — 4.5 km
- Fallasburg — 4.5 km
- Parnell — 5.7 km
- Grattan — 7.9 km
- Smyrna — 8.7 km
Local time details for Alton
Alton sits in the America/Detroit time zone, which runs at UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today the day starts in Alton at 7:58 AM with sunrise and ends at 6:57 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 10 h 59 min.
Travelling from Alton to Moseley or Fallassburg does not change the hour.
Delivery zones in Alton are marked by 9 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Can Alton's time zone be given as America/Detroit?
- Yes, Alton's time zone is America/Detroit, with an offset of −4.
- Does Alton adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- Yes.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Alton.
- They are 7:58 AM and 6:57 PM.