Central in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.0438, -89.8090
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1115 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central, Illinois, United States
This page tells you the time right now in Central, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Central, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Central
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Central, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:22 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 10 h 45 min Night 13 h 15 min Civil twilight 6:55 AM – 6:33 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
- Randolph County — 1.7 km
- New Palestine — 5.4 km
- Palestine — 5.6 km
- Schuline — 5.7 km
- Blair — 5.9 km
- Walsh — 6.3 km
Central: clock, sun and surroundings
Randolph County and New Palestine lie near Central and keep identical time.
5 postal codes are attached to Central.
Central uses the America/Chicago time zone with a UTC−5 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: Yes.
Today's sunrise at Central falls at 7:22 AM; sunset follows at 6:06 PM. Between them lie 10 h 45 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Central?
- The clock in Central follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in Central?
- Yes.
- What time is sunset in Central?
- It is 6:06 PM.