Cairo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.3779, -89.0431
- Elevation
- 115 m above sea level
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1182 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cairo, Mississippi, United States
The local time of Cairo, Mississippi, United States is presented here, in line with the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Cairo, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cairo
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Cairo, Mississippi.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:23 AM Solar noon 11:41 AM Sunset 4:59 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 5:57 AM – 5:25 PM
Weather in Cairo right now
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Cairo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12413
- 26337
- 39827
- 39828
- 45820
- 62914
- 65239
- 68824
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 Cairo
- Cairo Cairo, Egypt
- Cairo Georgia, United States
- Cairo Illinois, United States
- Cairo New York, United States
- Cairo Nebraska, 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
- Ecru — 3.3 km
- Ingomar — 3.5 km
- Hortontown — 4.4 km
- Fairview — 4.7 km
- Bald Hill — 5.5 km
- Mitchell — 5.6 km
About the time in Cairo
The sun shows itself over Cairo at 6:23 AM and sets at 4:59 PM today. That is 10 h 36 min of light.
The local time of Cairo is shared by neighbouring Ecru and Ingomar.
8 postal codes have been allocated to Cairo.
Cairo tells time by America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Cairo?
- Use America/Chicago to show the time in Cairo; its offset is −6.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Cairo?
- Daylight saving time in Cairo: No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Cairo?
- It sets at 4:59 PM.