What time is it in Helena, Alabama?
7:53:58 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
- 22,200
Daylight saving in Helena
Helena is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Helena sits at 33.28°N, 86.89°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Helena.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Helena it is highest at 12:39 pm today — 39 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.9°W, Helena sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Helena today
- Sunrise
- 6:37 am
- Sunset
- 6:40 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 21 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Helena, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 25 minutes, from 14 hours 21 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 57 minutes in December.
At 33.3°N that puts Helena between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.