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Birmingham

UTC−5

United States · CDT

Summer
19:44:53Live

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:36↓ 20:0024:00
Sunrise
05:36
Sunset
20:00
Daylight
14.4hrs
Population
200K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Birmingham, United States runs on UTC−5. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. There is a 1-hour difference between Birmingham and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Birmingham lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 6-hour difference between Birmingham and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Birmingham lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. There is a 14-hour difference between Birmingham and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Chicago, Bogotá, Lima. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Birmingham.

Practical Info

Birmingham (United States) is home to roughly 200K people. Today brings about 14.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:36, sunset at 20:00. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 34° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

United States

United States

Capital

Washington, D.C.

Continent

North America

Time Zone

CDT · America/Chicago

Coordinates

33.52°N, 86.81°W

Currency

USD ($)

Calling Code

+1

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

English

Measurement System

Imperial

Did You Know?

A Statue of Vulcan on a Hill

The Vulcan statue above Birmingham is about 17 metres tall and the largest cast-iron statue in the world, made for the 1904 World's Fair to advertise the city's iron industry. The city was founded in 1871 where coal, iron ore and limestone met.

The clock: Birmingham keeps Central Time. Its 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963 was a turning point in the civil rights movement.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

1h overlap
BirminghamUTC−5
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
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