Baker in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.5556, -88.8112
- Elevation
- 205 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1042 km away
- Same name
- 33 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Baker, Illinois, United States
This page shows local time in Baker, Illinois, United States as of this moment, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Baker, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Baker
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Baker.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:22 AM Solar noon 12:40 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 6:54 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in Baker right now
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Baker and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 26801
- 32531
- 59313
- 70704
- 70714
- 89311
- 92309
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 Baker
- Baker Louisiana, United States
- Baker Montana, United States
- Baker California, United States
- Baker Nevada, United States
- Baker Minnesota, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
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- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Munson (historical) — 4.8 km
- Harding — 5.5 km
- Leland — 6.4 km
- Catharine — 8.5 km
- Northville — 8.8 km
- Freedom Centre (historical) — 9.8 km
Baker: clock, sun and surroundings
Sunrise today in Baker lands at 7:22 AM; sunset lands at 5:58 PM. That is 10 h 36 min of light.
No adjustment is needed moving between Baker, Munson (historical) and Harding.
Every address in Baker sits within one of 7 postal codes.
Clocks across Baker run on America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Baker use?
- Baker uses America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Do the clocks in Baker go back at any point?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Baker?
- The hour is 5:58 PM.