Bedford in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.5292, -90.5843
- Elevation
- 134 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1168 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bedford, Illinois, United States
The time in Bedford, Illinois, United States at this very moment is shown below, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Bedford, United States
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Bedford
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Bedford, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:37 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 4:57 PM Daylight 10 h 20 min Night 13 h 40 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 5:25 PM
Weather in Bedford right now
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Bedford and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01730
- 03110
- 10506
- 15522
- 24523
- 40006
- 44146
- 47421
- 49020
- 50833
- 76021
- 76022
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 Bedford
- Bedford England, United Kingdom
- Bedford Texas, United States
- Bedford Nova Scotia, Canada
- Bedford New Hampshire, United States
- Bedford Indiana, 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
- Bridgeport (historical) — 0.6 km
- Montezuma — 2.6 km
- Greenpond — 6.3 km
- Milton — 6.9 km
- Grand Pass — 8.0 km
- Pearl — 8.5 km
Time and daylight in Bedford
Bedford takes in 12 postal codes.
Bedford sits under America/Chicago, which puts local clocks at UTC−6. Daylight saving in use: No.
The sun is up at 6:37 AM in Bedford and down again at 4:57 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 20 min of daylight.
Bridgeport (historical) and Montezuma are near Bedford and do not differ from it in time.
Questions and answers
- What is the local time zone in Bedford?
- The local time zone in Bedford is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Bedford move its clocks forward at any time?
- No.
- Sunset in Bedford is at what time?
- At 4:57 PM.