What time is it in Decatur, Alabama?
7:04:17 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
- 57,974
Daylight saving in Decatur
Decatur is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Decatur sits at 34.57°N, 86.99°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Decatur.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Decatur it is highest at 12:39 pm today — 39 minutes after clock noon.
At 87.0°W, Decatur sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Decatur today
- Sunrise
- 6:38 am
- Sunset
- 6:40 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 28 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Decatur, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 38 minutes, from 14 hours 28 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 50 minutes in December.
At 34.6°N that puts Decatur between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.