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
This page reports the local time in Aurora, Illinois, United States, set by the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Aurora, United States
Sunday, 18 October 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 7:10 AM Solar noon 12:39 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:42 AM – 6:37 PM
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
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- 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
Daylight in Aurora starts at 7:10 AM and ends at 6:09 PM today. It lasts 10 h 59 min.
Nearby Scraper-Moecherville and Montgomery follow the same clock as Aurora.
12 postal codes are attached to Aurora.
Local time in Aurora is governed by America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
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 6:09 PM.