What time is it in Dothan, Alabama?
7:03:47 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
- 71,650
Daylight saving in Dothan
Dothan is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 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 Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Dothan it is highest at 12:33 pm today — 33 minutes after clock noon.
At 85.4°W, Dothan sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Dothan today
- Sunrise
- 6:31 am
- Sunset
- 6:34 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 11 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Dothan, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes 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.