Cincinnati in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.4009, -88.5120
- Elevation
- 128 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 997 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cincinnati, Illinois, United States
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in Cincinnati, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Cincinnati, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cincinnati
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Cincinnati.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:39 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 10 h 55 min Night 13 h 05 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:34 PM
Weather in Cincinnati right now
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Cincinnati and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 45201
- 45202
- 45203
- 45204
- 45205
- 45206
- 45207
- 45208
- 45209
- 45211
- 45212
- 45213
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 Cincinnati
- Cincinnati Ohio, United States
- Cincinnati Iowa, United States
- Cincinnati Arkansas, United States
- Cincinnati Indiana, United States
- Cincinnati Indiana, 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
- Covington — 1.7 km
- Sims — 4.8 km
- Campbell — 6.3 km
- Round Prairie — 6.7 km
- Boyleston — 7.5 km
- Wayne County — 8.2 km
About the time in Cincinnati
There is no time difference between Cincinnati and nearby Covington or Sims.
The register holds 12 postal codes for Cincinnati.
Time in Cincinnati runs on America/Chicago, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
The sun rises at 7:12 AM, sets at 6:07 PM, and stays over Cincinnati for 10 h 55 min. That is today's daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Cincinnati?
- Cincinnati is in America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Do clocks in Cincinnati shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Cincinnati.
- The sun rises at 7:12 AM.