Chester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.9137, -89.8221
- Elevation
- 204 m above sea level
- Population
- 8 588
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1119 km away
- Same name
- 42 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chester, Illinois, United States
The page gives the present local time in Chester, Illinois, United States, whose time zone is America/Chicago (−5).
Chester, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Chester
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Chester.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 10 h 52 min Night 13 h 08 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 6:37 PM
Weather in Chester right now
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Chester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01011
- 03036
- 05143
- 06412
- 07930
- 10918
- 19013
- 19016
- 21619
- 23831
- 23836
- 26034
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 Chester
- Chester England, United Kingdom
- Chester Pennsylvania, United States
- Chester Virginia, United States
- Chester South Carolina, United States
- Chester New Hampshire, 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
- Menard — 1.6 km
- Campton — 2.4 km
- Claryville — 2.5 km
- Diamond Cross — 8.0 km
- Kaskaskia — 8.0 km
- Randolph — 8.7 km
Time and daylight in Chester
Postal designations for Chester total 12.
Chester observes America/Chicago time, currently expressed as UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
The sun rises at 7:19 AM above Chester and sets at 6:10 PM today. Daylight lasts about 10 h 52 min.
Neighbouring Menard and Campton sit in the same time as Chester.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Chester in?
- Chester is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Chester keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Chester: Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Chester?
- Yes, it is 7:19 AM.