Macon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.1054, -88.5609
- Elevation
- 60 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 616
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1219 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Macon, Mississippi, United States
Local time right now in Macon, Mississippi, United States appears above, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Macon, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Macon
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Macon, Mississippi.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:39 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 10 h 53 min Night 13 h 07 min Civil twilight 6:47 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Macon right now
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Macon and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27551
- 31201
- 31202
- 31203
- 31204
- 31205
- 31206
- 31207
- 31208
- 31209
- 31210
- 31211
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 Macon
- Macon Georgia, United States
- Macon Bourgogne, France
- Macon Missouri, United States
- Macon Illinois, United States
- Macon Wallonia, Belgium
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
- Noxubee County — 1.0 km
- Bells (historical) — 4.9 km
- Elon (historical) — 6.7 km
- Armitage (historical) — 9.4 km
- X-Prairie — 10.1 km
- Mcleod — 10.3 km
About the time in Macon
Macon is covered by 12 postal codes.
Macon tells time by America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
In Macon, today's sun rises at 7:13 AM and sets at 6:05 PM. Light stays for 10 h 53 min.
Travelling from Macon to Noxubee County or Bells (historical) does not change the hour.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to Macon?
- The time zone assigned to Macon is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is the local clock in Macon affected by daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Macon — what times?
- 7:13 AM and 6:05 PM.