Carthage in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.4164, -91.1363
- Elevation
- 204 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 545
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1218 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carthage, Illinois, United States
Right now in Carthage, Illinois, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Carthage, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Carthage
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Carthage keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:27 AM Solar noon 12:50 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 10 h 45 min Night 13 h 15 min Civil twilight 6:59 AM – 6:40 PM
Weather in Carthage right now
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Carthage and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 13619
- 28327
- 37030
- 39051
- 46115
- 57323
- 62321
- 64836
- 71725
- 75633
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 Carthage
- Carthage Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
- Carthage Missouri, United States
- Carthage Texas, United States
- Carthage Mississippi, United States
- Carthage New York, 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
- Hancock County — 2.8 km
- Ferris — 6.5 km
- Mccall — 6.5 km
- Bentley — 8.3 km
- Elvaston — 9.9 km
- Burnside — 10.2 km
Local time details for Carthage
The zone that governs Carthage is America/Chicago at UTC−5. Whether the clocks move seasonally: Yes.
First light in Carthage comes at 7:27 AM today; darkness returns after 6:12 PM. The day gives 10 h 45 min of light.
Carthage and its neighbours Hancock County and Ferris keep one clock.
The number of postal codes covering Carthage is 10.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Carthage follow?
- Carthage follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks in Carthage shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Carthage?
- It appears at 7:27 AM.