What time is it in Florence, Alabama?
7:53:08 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
- 42,716
Daylight saving in Florence
Florence is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Florence sits at 34.83°N, 87.66°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Florence.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Florence it is highest at 12:42 pm today — 42 minutes after clock noon.
At 87.7°W, Florence sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Florence today
- Sunrise
- 6:41 am
- Sunset
- 6:43 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 30 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Florence, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 41 minutes, from 14 hours 30 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 49 minutes in December.
At 34.8°N that puts Florence between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.