Time in Bessemer, United States of America | Bessemer Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Bessemer
UTC -5
Central Time (CT) , currently 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
▪Time in Bessemer is 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Bessemer is
America/Chicago.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bessemer
- ▪Sunrise: 06:58
- ▪Sunset: 18:05
- ▪Day length: 11h 7m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:32
- ▪Current time in Bessemer is currently 32 minutes ahead of solar time.
Bessemer on map
- ▪Location: Alabama, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 33,40. Longitude: -86,95
- ▪Population: 26,730
- ▪Elevation: 155 m
Time difference
from Bessemer
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:58
Solar noon 12:32Sunset 18:05
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Chicago- Abbreviation
- CDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 16 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792678970
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:58
- Sunset
- 18:05
- Solar noon
- 12:32
- Day length
- 11h 07m
- Night length
- 12h 52m
- Civil twilight
- 06:32 – 18:31
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Alabama
- Coordinates
- 33.402°, -86.954°
- Elevation
- 155 m
- Population
- 26,730
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