Athens in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.9609, -89.7240
- Elevation
- 183 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 938
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1095 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Athens, Illinois, United States
This page keeps the current time in Athens, Illinois, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Athens, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Athens
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Athens keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:28 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 5:59 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 7:00 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in Athens right now
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Athens and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04912
- 12015
- 18810
- 24712
- 30601
- 30602
- 30603
- 30604
- 30605
- 30606
- 30607
- 30608
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 Athens
- Athens Attica, Greece
- Athens Georgia, United States
- Athens Ohio, United States
- Athens Alabama, United States
- Athens Tennessee, 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
- Barr — 2.3 km
- Cantrall — 4.8 km
- North Wind — 5.9 km
- Culver — 6.0 km
- Tice — 6.6 km
- Rock Creek — 8.1 km
Time and daylight in Athens
The register holds 12 postal codes for Athens.
The clock standard in Athens is America/Chicago, offset by UTC−5. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
Today Athens gets sunrise at 7:28 AM and sunset at 5:59 PM. That leaves 10 h 32 min of daylight.
Time runs the same in Athens and in nearby Barr and Cantrall.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Athens?
- In Athens, the applicable time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Athens run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Athens: Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Athens?
- In Athens the sun sets at 5:59 PM.