Alta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.8109, -89.6343
- Elevation
- 229 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1095 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alta, Illinois, United States
The present local time in Alta, Illinois, United States is given below, for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Alta, United States
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Alta
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Alta, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Alta right now
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Alta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51002
- 83414
- 95701
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Illinois
Other places named Alta
- Alta Troms og Finnmark, Norway
- Alta Stockholm, Sweden
- Alta Iowa, United States
- Alta California, United States
- Alta Wyoming, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Cedar Bluff Estates — 3.3 km
- Pioneer — 3.6 km
- Orange Prairie — 4.8 km
- Mossville — 5.6 km
- Keller — 6.3 km
- Dunlap — 6.8 km
Local time details for Alta
Alta has sunrise at 7:18 AM today and sunset at 6:10 PM. Light holds for 10 h 51 min.
Nearby places that share Alta's clock include Cedar Bluff Estates and Pioneer.
Alta accounts for 3 postal codes.
The clock standard in Alta is America/Chicago, offset by UTC−5. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Can you tell me the time zone for Alta?
- Alta is in America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Alta?
- Yes.
- When does the sun go down in Alta?
- Sunset in Alta is at 6:10 PM.