Decatur time zone
Time zone14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to CDT (UTC-5) - in 124 days
Green shows daylight saving time. Dark marker: today.
United States has 8 distinct time zone rule groups. Decatur uses Central Standard Time.
- EST · UTC-5New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and moreUses daylight saving time
- CST · UTC-6Illinois, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and moreUses daylight saving time
- MST · UTC-7Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah and moreUses daylight saving time
- MST · UTC-7ArizonaNo daylight saving time
- PST · UTC-8California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, IdahoUses daylight saving time
- UTC-9 · UTC-9AlaskaUses daylight saving time
- UTC-10 · UTC-10America/AdakUses daylight saving time
- UTC-10 · UTC-10HawaiiNo daylight saving time
Zones with matching offsets and clock changes over the next year are grouped together.
Time difference from Decatur
Time differenceSun in Decatur today
Daylight10h 28m today - 4h 1m less than the longest day and 0h 38m more than the shortest day.
Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.
- ⌖Region
- Alabama
- ◉Population
- 55,437
- ☎Dialing code
- ¤Currency
- USD · Dollar
Public holidays in Alabama
HolidaysVeterans Day
Wednesday · today
NationalThanksgiving Day
Thursday · in 15 days
NationalChristmas Day
Friday · in 44 days
Nationallong weekendNew Year’s Day
Friday · in 51 days
Nationallong weekendRobert E. Lee/Martin Luther King Birthday
Monday · in 68 days
Nationallong weekend
Airports near Decatur
Airports- HSV
↑ 19 km east
Same local time
Same time zone rules
Matching offsets and clock changes over the next year.
Same UTC offset right now



Pueblamatches until 14 Mar 2027 










Chattanooga160 km · 1 h ahead - different daylight saving rules 


Jacksonville689 km · 1 h ahead - different daylight saving rules 
Columbus692 km · 1 h ahead - different daylight saving rules
Common questions
Quick answers- 01What time zone is Decatur in?
- Decatur uses America/Chicago: CST (UTC-6).
- 02Does Decatur have daylight saving time?
- 14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to CDT (UTC-5) - in 124 days
- 03What is the time difference between Decatur and London?
- Decatur is 6 h behind relative to London right now.
- 04What is a good time to call Decatur from New York?
- A shared working-hours option: 16:00-17:00 in New York = 15:00-16:00 in Decatur.
Time zones: IANA via Intl. Holidays: date-holidays. Sun calculations: SunCalc. City data: GeoNames. Airport data: OurAirports.