What time is it in Fairhope, Alabama?
7:54:18 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
- 26,044
Daylight saving in Fairhope
Fairhope is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Fairhope sits at 30.52°N, 87.88°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Fairhope.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Fairhope it is highest at 12:43 pm today — 43 minutes after clock noon.
At 87.9°W, Fairhope sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Fairhope today
- Sunrise
- 6:41 am
- Sunset
- 6:44 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 7 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Fairhope, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 57 minutes, from 14 hours 7 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 10 minutes in December.
At 30.5°N that puts Fairhope between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.