What time is it in Opelika, Alabama?
7:04:37 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
- 35,005
Daylight saving in Opelika
Opelika is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Opelika sits at 32.66°N, 85.38°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Opelika.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Opelika it is highest at 12:33 pm today — 33 minutes after clock noon.
At 85.4°W, Opelika sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Opelika today
- Sunrise
- 6:31 am
- Sunset
- 6:34 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 18 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Opelika, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 18 minutes, from 14 hours 18 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours in December.
At 32.7°N that puts Opelika between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.