Carthage in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.9189, -89.3137
- Elevation
- 241 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 500
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1091 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carthage, Illinois, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Carthage, Illinois, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Carthage, United States
Friday, 30 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 7:28 AM Solar noon 12:42 PM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:59 AM – 6:25 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
- Lost Nation — 4.5 km
- Kingdom — 7.2 km
- Daysville — 7.3 km
- Watertown — 7.6 km
- Honey Creek — 8.4 km
- Grand Detour — 8.5 km
Local time details for Carthage
Addressing within Carthage draws on 10 postal codes.
Local clocks in Carthage follow the America/Chicago zone, UTC−5. Do they shift for daylight saving? Yes.
Daylight arrives in Carthage at 7:28 AM and departs at 5:56 PM. It lasts 10 h 27 min today.
Carthage, Lost Nation and Kingdom all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Carthage?
- Use America/Chicago for Carthage; its offset is −5.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Carthage?
- Daylight saving time in Carthage: Yes.
- What time does the day start in Carthage?
- The sun rises at 7:28 AM.