What time is it in Bessemer, Alabama?
7:04:53 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 25,079
Daylight saving in Bessemer
Bessemer is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Bessemer sits at 33.37°N, 86.97°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bessemer.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Bessemer it is highest at 12:39 pm today — 39 minutes after clock noon.
At 87.0°W, Bessemer sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Bessemer today
- Sunrise
- 6:38 am
- Sunset
- 6:40 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 22 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Bessemer, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 26 minutes, from 14 hours 22 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 56 minutes in December.
At 33.4°N that puts Bessemer between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.