Central in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.4739, -88.4340
- Elevation
- 192 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1009 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central, Illinois, United States
Find out what time it is now in Central, Illinois, United States — the local clock runs on America/Chicago (−6).
Central, United States
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Central
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Central.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:33 AM Solar noon 11:39 AM Sunset 4:45 PM Daylight 10 h 12 min Night 13 h 48 min Civil twilight 6:03 AM – 5:14 PM
Weather in Central right now
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Central and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29630
- 47110
- 84722
- 85531
- 99730
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 Central
- Central Louisiana, United States
- Central Bahia, Brazil
- Central Ontario, Canada
- Central Central and Western, Hong Kong
- Central South Carolina, 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
- Saratoga — 1.6 km
- White Willow (historical) — 4.1 km
- Lisbon — 4.1 km
- Lisbon Center — 5.6 km
- Plattville — 7.8 km
- Kentland — 8.1 km
Central: clock, sun and surroundings
Today Central gets sunrise at 6:33 AM and sunset at 4:45 PM. That leaves 10 h 12 min of daylight.
Nearby places that share Central's clock include Saratoga and Lisbon.
Postal codes tied to Central number 5.
Central marks time with America/Chicago at an offset of UTC−6. Does the area change clocks seasonally? No.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does Central fall?
- Central falls under America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is there any clock change for daylight saving in Central?
- Daylight saving in Central: No.
- Which time marks sunrise in Central?
- 6:33 AM marks sunrise.