Sweetgum in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.7934, -85.4091
- Elevation
- 268 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 816 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sweetgum, Tennessee, United States
The current hour and minute in Sweetgum, Tennessee, United States are shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Sweetgum, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Sweetgum
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Sweetgum.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:50 AM Solar noon 12:28 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 6:32 PM
Weather in Sweetgum right now
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Sweetgum and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 38585 Spencer — 7.5 km away
- 38559 Doyle — 11.0 km away
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 Tennessee
- Nashville 689 447
- New South Memphis 641 608
- Memphis 633 104
- Knoxville 190 740
- Chattanooga 181 099
- Clarksville 166 722
Other places named Sweetgum
- Sweetgum North Carolina, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Cane Creek — 3.2 km
- Dodson — 3.9 km
- River Hill — 4.0 km
- Cummingsville — 5.1 km
- Meade (historical) — 5.9 km
- Bethesda — 6.8 km
Local time details for Sweetgum
2 postal codes are current for Sweetgum.
People in Sweetgum keep America/Chicago, a zone offset of UTC−5. Seasonal time change: Yes.
The sun rises here at 6:50 AM and sets at 6:06 PM in Sweetgum today. Daylight adds up to 11 h 16 min.
Cane Creek and Dodson are neighbours of Sweetgum on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Sweetgum follow?
- Local time in Sweetgum follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Sweetgum move for summer time?
- Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Sweetgum.
- The sunset hour is 6:06 PM.