Rankin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.2865, -89.9070
- Elevation
- 135 m above sea level
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1374 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rankin, Mississippi, United States
Find out what time it is now in Rankin, Mississippi, United States — the local clock runs on America/Chicago (−5).
Rankin, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rankin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Rankin.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:05 AM Solar noon 12:46 PM Sunset 6:27 PM Daylight 11 h 23 min Night 12 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:40 AM – 6:52 PM
Weather in Rankin right now
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Rankin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60960
- 79778
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 Rankin
- Rankin Pennsylvania, United States
- Rankin Texas, United States
- Rankin Texas, United States
- Rankin Illinois, United States
- Rankin Ontario, Canada
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
- Gulde — 4.3 km
- Rankin County — 4.4 km
- Easthaven — 6.3 km
- Milro (historical) — 7.2 km
- Brandon — 7.6 km
- Value — 8.3 km
About the time in Rankin
Rankin sees first light at 7:05 AM today and the sun sets at 6:27 PM. Daylight totals 11 h 23 min.
Rankin keeps the same time as its neighbours Gulde and Rankin County.
Records show 2 postal codes for Rankin.
The time zone used in Rankin is America/Chicago, set at UTC−5. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Chicago be used as the time zone for Rankin?
- Yes, Rankin uses America/Chicago, whose offset is −5.
- Does Rankin run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Rankin: Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Rankin?
- Sunrise is at 7:05 AM and sunset at 6:27 PM.