Clay County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.7542, -88.4902
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 992 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
This page tells you the time right now in Clay County, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Clay County, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Clay County
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Clay County.
Sunrise 6:36 AM Solar noon 11:40 AM Sunset 4:43 PM Daylight 10 h 07 min Night 13 h 53 min Civil twilight 6:08 AM – 5:11 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.
2 postal codes are in use across Clay County.
Clay County runs its day on America/Chicago, which is offset UTC−6. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
The sun rises at 6:36 AM above Clay County and sets at 4:43 PM today. Daylight lasts about 10 h 07 min.
Nearby places like Louisville and Hoosier are on Clay County time.