What time is it in Huntsville, Alabama?
7:55:50 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
- 230,402
Daylight saving in Huntsville
Huntsville is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Huntsville sits at 34.70°N, 86.68°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Huntsville.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Huntsville it is highest at 12:38 pm today — 38 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.7°W, Huntsville sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Huntsville today
- Sunrise
- 6:37 am
- Sunset
- 6:39 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 29 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Huntsville, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 40 minutes, from 14 hours 29 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 50 minutes in December.
At 34.7°N that puts Huntsville between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.