Brainerd in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7328, -87.6584
- Elevation
- 185 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 954 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Brainerd, Illinois, United States
Local time right now in Brainerd, Illinois, United States appears above, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Brainerd, United States
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Brainerd
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Brainerd, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:30 AM Solar noon 11:35 AM Sunset 4:41 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:01 AM – 5:10 PM
Weather in Brainerd right now
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Brainerd and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 56401
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 Brainerd
- Brainerd Minnesota, United States
- Brainerd Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica
- Brainerd Kansas, United States
- Brainerd 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
- Auburn Park — 3.0 km
- Mitchells Subdivision — 4.1 km
- Becks Park — 4.6 km
- Ashburn — 4.7 km
- Avalon Highlands — 5.0 km
- Avalon Park — 5.9 km
Brainerd: clock, sun and surroundings
Across Brainerd, 1 postal code is recorded.
Standard time in Brainerd comes from America/Chicago and equals UTC−6. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Look for sunrise at 6:30 AM and sunset at 4:41 PM in Brainerd today. The day carries 10 h 11 min of light.
The hour in Brainerd is the hour in Auburn Park and Mitchells Subdivision as well.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Brainerd?
- Select America/Chicago for Brainerd; the offset is −6.
- Do the clocks in Brainerd go back at any point?
- No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Brainerd?
- It sets at 4:41 PM.