Local time · Dothan
What time is it in Dothan, Alabama?
3:48:51AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 71,650
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Dothan
Dothan is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Dothan sits at 31.23°N, 85.41°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Dothan.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Dothan it is highest at 11:25 am today — 35 minutes before clock noon.
At 85.4°W, Dothan sits 18 minutes of solar time east of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 18 minutes before noon.
Daylight in Dothan today
- Sunrise
- 6:07 am
- Sunset
- 4:44 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 37 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 11 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 37 minutes in Dothan, and the day is getting shorter by 1 minute a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 4 minutes, from 14 hours 11 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 7 minutes in December.
At 31.2°N that puts Dothan between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.