Local time · Athens
What time is it in Athens, Alabama?
3:49:19AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 32,587
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Athens
Athens is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Athens sits at 34.78°N, 86.95°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Athens.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Athens it is highest at 11:32 am today — 28 minutes before clock noon.
At 87.0°W, Athens sits 12 minutes of solar time east of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 12 minutes before noon.
Daylight in Athens today
- Sunrise
- 6:20 am
- Sunset
- 4:43 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 24 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 29 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 24 minutes in Athens, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 40 minutes, from 14 hours 29 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 49 minutes in December.
At 34.8°N that puts Athens between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.