Gainesville in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.3510, -89.6398
- Elevation
- 7 m above sea level
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1492 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gainesville, Mississippi, United States
The clock on this page follows the local time of Gainesville, Mississippi, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Gainesville, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Gainesville
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Gainesville.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:20 AM Solar noon 11:43 AM Sunset 5:07 PM Daylight 10 h 48 min Night 13 h 12 min Civil twilight 5:55 AM – 5:32 PM
Weather in Gainesville right now
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Gainesville and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 14066
- 20155
- 20156
- 30501
- 30503
- 30504
- 30506
- 30507
- 32601
- 32602
- 32603
- 32604
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 Gainesville
- Gainesville Florida, United States
- Gainesville Georgia, United States
- Gainesville Texas, United States
- Gainesville Virginia, United States
- Gainesville Missouri, 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
- Westonia (historical) — 7.7 km
- Logtown — 7.8 km
- Rivercrest — 9.2 km
- Cross Gates — 9.9 km
- Willow Wood — 10.6 km
- The Settlement — 10.9 km
About the time in Gainesville
Coverage of Gainesville by postal code amounts to 12 entries.
Local clocks in Gainesville answer to America/Chicago, set UTC−6 from UTC. Daylight saving time: No.
Today's sunrise at Gainesville falls at 6:20 AM; sunset follows at 5:07 PM. Between them lie 10 h 48 min of daylight.
Set your clock for Gainesville and it will also be right in Westonia (historical) and Logtown.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Gainesville?
- Use America/Chicago to show the time in Gainesville; its offset is −6.
- Does Gainesville apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- No.
- What time is sunset in Gainesville?
- It is 5:07 PM.