Centralia in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.5251, -89.1334
- Elevation
- 150 m above sea level
- Population
- 12 655
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1050 km away
- Same name
- 13 more places in the world share this name
This page answers what time it is in Centralia, Illinois, United States right now, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Centralia, United States
Friday, 13 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Centralia
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Centralia keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
Sunrise 6:37 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:47 PM Daylight 10 h 09 min Night 13 h 51 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 5:15 PM
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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.
There are 5 postal code zones in Centralia.
Centralia keeps time under America/Chicago. That places it at UTC−6, with daylight saving time No.
Today at Centralia, the sun rises at 6:37 AM and sets at 4:47 PM. That gives 10 h 09 min of daylight.
Nearby places that share Centralia's clock include Wamac and Central City.