Selma in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.6015, -91.2790
- Elevation
- 73 m above sea level
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1524 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Selma, Mississippi, United States
Local time in Selma, Mississippi, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Selma, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Selma
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Selma keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:09 AM Solar noon 12:52 PM Sunset 6:35 PM Daylight 11 h 25 min Night 12 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:59 PM
Weather in Selma right now
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Selma and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24474
- 27576
- 36701
- 36702
- 36703
- 47383
- 52588
- 93662
- 97538
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 Selma
- Selma California, United States
- Selma Alabama, United States
- Selma Texas, United States
- Selma North Carolina, United States
- Selma Indiana, 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
- Washington — 3.2 km
- Stanton — 4.0 km
- Foster — 4.7 km
- Fenwick — 5.8 km
- Pine Ridge — 7.0 km
- Morgantown — 7.2 km
Local time details for Selma
Sunrise happens at 7:09 AM in Selma today and sunset at 6:35 PM. That marks 11 h 25 min of daylight.
Look nearby and you will see Washington and Stanton on the same clock as Selma.
A total of 9 postal codes belong to Selma.
Selma stands in America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone for Selma?
- The time zone for Selma is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local schedule in Selma include a clock change?
- Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Selma?
- In Selma the sun sets at 6:35 PM.