Aurora in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7606, -88.3201
- Population
- 200 661
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1007 km away
- Same name
- 115 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Aurora, Illinois, United States
The reading below is the local time in Aurora, Illinois, United States, taken from the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Aurora, United States
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Aurora
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Aurora, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:23 Solar noon 12:54 Sunset 19:24 Daylight 13 h 01 min Night 10 h 59 min Civil twilight 05:55 – 19:52
Weather in Aurora right now
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Aurora and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04408
- 13026
- 26705
- 27806
- 44202
- 47001
- 50607
- 55705
- 57002
- 60502
- 60503
- 60504
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
- Chicago 2 664 452
- Rockford 148 278
- Joliet 147 861
- Naperville 147 100
- Peoria 115 070
- Springfield 114 394
Other places named Aurora
- Aurora Colorado, United States
- Aurora Ontario, Canada
- Aurora Ceará, Brazil
- Aurora Piedmont, Italy
- Aurora Calabarzon, Philippines
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Scraper-Moecherville — 3.6 km
- Montgomery — 4.0 km
- Marywood — 4.4 km
- North Aurora — 5.1 km
- Eola — 6.7 km
- Mooseheart — 7.1 km
About the time in Aurora
12 postal codes are listed for Aurora.
Local time in Aurora is governed by America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Sunrise at Aurora today happens at 06:23, sunset at 19:24. The two are 13 h 01 min apart.
The time given for Aurora holds for nearby Montgomery and North Aurora too.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Aurora?
- Use America/Chicago to show the time in Aurora; its offset is −5.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Aurora?
- Yes.
- At what time is the sun setting in Aurora?
- The sun is setting at 19:24.