Clayton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.0314, -90.9607
- Elevation
- 223 m above sea level
- Population
- 745
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1201 km away
- Same name
- 41 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Clayton, Illinois, United States
This page shows the time as it is now in Clayton, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Clayton, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Clayton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Clayton, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:28 AM Solar noon 12:49 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 7:00 AM – 6:37 PM
Weather in Clayton right now
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Clayton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08312
- 13624
- 19938
- 27520
- 27527
- 27528
- 30525
- 36016
- 45315
- 46118
- 49235
- 54004
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 Clayton
- Clayton North Carolina, United States
- Clayton Victoria, Australia
- Clayton Missouri, United States
- Clayton Ohio, United States
- Clayton California, 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
- Blacks — 5.4 km
- Timewell — 7.9 km
- Camp Point — 9.3 km
- Golden — 9.9 km
- Fargo — 11.1 km
- Kellerville — 11.4 km
Local time details for Clayton
Blacks and Timewell sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Clayton.
The full list of postal codes for Clayton runs to 12.
The applicable time zone for Clayton is America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Seasonal clock change applies: Yes.
The sun shows itself over Clayton at 7:28 AM and sets at 6:09 PM today. That is 10 h 41 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Clayton?
- Clayton uses the America/Chicago time zone, which has an offset of −5.
- What time zone rules apply in Clayton — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Clayton: Yes.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Clayton today?
- Sunrise 7:28 AM, sunset 6:09 PM.