Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.3646, -89.4742
- Elevation
- 145 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 695
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1336 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forest, Mississippi, United States
Below you can see what the time is in Forest, Mississippi, United States now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Forest, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Forest
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Forest, Mississippi.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:10 AM Solar noon 12:43 PM Sunset 6:16 PM Daylight 11 h 06 min Night 12 h 54 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:41 PM
Weather in Forest right now
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Forest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24551
- 39074
- 45843
- 46039
- 71242
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 Forest
- Forest Brussels Capital, Belgium
- Forest Virginia, United States
- Forest Ontario, Canada
- Forest Ohio, United States
- Forest Tasmania, Australia
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
- Singleton Settlement — 6.5 km
- Scott County — 7.6 km
- Raworth — 8.5 km
- Norris — 8.6 km
- Donohoe — 8.7 km
- Usrytown — 9.1 km
Time and daylight in Forest
Around Forest, places such as Singleton Settlement and Scott County use the same time.
Forest accounts for 5 postal codes.
Hours in Forest are kept by America/Chicago, standing at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
In Forest today the sun is out from 7:10 AM until 6:16 PM. That comes to 11 h 06 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Forest?
- The correct time zone for Forest is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Forest?
- Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Forest?
- In Forest the sun sets at 6:16 PM.