Champaign in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.1164, -88.2434
- Population
- 86 096
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 970 km away
What time is it in Champaign, Illinois, United States
This page shows the time as it is now in Champaign, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Champaign, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Champaign
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Champaign.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:38 PM Sunset 6:00 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in Champaign right now
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Champaign and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61820
- 61821
- 61822
- 61824
- 61825
- 61826
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
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
- Downtown Champaign — 0.2 km
- Midtown — 0.4 km
- Campustown — 1.2 km
- Wilbur Heights — 3.0 km
- Urbana — 3.1 km
- Kenwood — 4.5 km
About the time in Champaign
Time zone for Champaign: America/Chicago, running at UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
First light in Champaign comes at 7:16 AM today; darkness returns after 6:00 PM. The day gives 10 h 43 min of light.
For nearby Downtown Champaign and Midtown, use the time shown for Champaign.
Champaign accounts for 6 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Champaign?
- Time in Champaign follows the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Champaign?
- Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Champaign?
- It appears at 7:16 AM.