Cairo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.7268, -88.3481
- Elevation
- 159 m above sea level
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1107 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cairo, Mississippi, United States
The current hour and minute in Cairo, Mississippi, United States are shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Cairo, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cairo
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Cairo.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:01 AM Solar noon 12:40 PM Sunset 6:19 PM Daylight 11 h 18 min Night 12 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:35 AM – 6:45 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
- Holcut — 3.9 km
- Leedy — 7.7 km
- Jacinto — 8.2 km
- Burton — 9.9 km
- Tishomingo County — 10.1 km
- Paden — 10.6 km
Local time details for Cairo
Cairo keeps the America/Chicago zone, which is UTC−5. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
Cairo greets the sun at 7:01 AM and loses it at 6:19 PM today. Daylight runs to 11 h 18 min.
Places close to Cairo, among them Holcut and Leedy, share its time.
Cairo is split into 8 postal code areas.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with Cairo?
- The value associated with Cairo is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is there any clock change for daylight saving in Cairo?
- Daylight saving in Cairo: Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Cairo?
- Yes, it is 6:19 PM.