What time is it in Mobile, Alabama?
7:03:33 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
- 201,367
Daylight saving in Mobile
Mobile is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Mobile sits at 30.67°N, 88.11°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Mobile.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Mobile it is highest at 12:44 pm today — 44 minutes after clock noon.
At 88.1°W, Mobile sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Mobile today
- Sunrise
- 6:42 am
- Sunset
- 6:45 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 8 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Mobile, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 58 minutes, from 14 hours 8 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 10 minutes in December.
At 30.7°N that puts Mobile between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.