Cairo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.0053, -89.1765
- Elevation
- 95 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 733
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1084 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cairo, Illinois, United States
See what time it currently is in Cairo, Illinois, United States — the time zone there is America/Chicago (−5).
Cairo, United States
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cairo
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Cairo keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:11 AM Solar noon 12:42 PM Sunset 6:14 PM Daylight 11 h 03 min Night 12 h 57 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:40 PM
Weather in Cairo right now
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Cairo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12413
- 26337
- 39827
- 39828
- 45820
- 62914
- 65239
- 68824
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 Cairo
- Cairo Cairo, Egypt
- Cairo Georgia, United States
- Cairo New York, United States
- Cairo Nebraska, United States
- Cairo Ohio, 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
- Elmwood Place — 1.4 km
- Future City — 2.8 km
- Cairo Junction — 4.2 km
- Greenfield — 4.5 km
- Birds Point — 4.7 km
- Urbandale — 5.3 km
Local time details for Cairo
Look for sunrise at 7:11 AM and sunset at 6:14 PM in Cairo today. The day carries 11 h 03 min of light.
Neighbours of Cairo such as Elmwood Place and Future City share its clock.
8 codes make up the postal map of Cairo.
Local time in Cairo comes from the America/Chicago zone, UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Cairo?
- Cairo is in America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in Cairo?
- Yes.
- When does daylight end in Cairo?
- Daylight ends at 6:14 PM.