Alligator in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.0896, -90.7196
- Elevation
- 49 m above sea level
- Population
- 198
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1333 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alligator, Mississippi, United States
Below is the local time in Alligator, Mississippi, United States, kept in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Alligator, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Alligator
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Alligator keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:10 AM Solar noon 12:49 PM Sunset 6:29 PM Daylight 11 h 19 min Night 12 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:44 AM – 6:54 PM
Weather in Alligator right now
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Alligator and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 38720
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 Mississippi
- Jackson 153 701
- Gulfport 71 856
- West Gulfport 71 329
- Southaven 52 589
- Hattiesburg 46 805
- Biloxi 45 637
Other places named Alligator
- Alligator North Carolina, United States
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
- Duncan — 5.5 km
- Bobo — 6.2 km
- Africa (historical) — 6.9 km
- Walnut Grove — 7.3 km
- Rena Lara — 8.7 km
- Willis — 8.9 km
Time and daylight in Alligator
Same time, different place: Duncan and Bobo near Alligator.
Postal coverage of Alligator comes to 1 codes.
The zone applied in Alligator is America/Chicago with offset UTC−5. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
The sun climbs above Alligator at 7:10 AM and dips below at 6:29 PM. Between them sit 11 h 19 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Alligator in for local time?
- For local time, Alligator is in America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Alligator include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in Alligator?
- Local sunrise is 7:10 AM.