Colchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.4264, -90.7926
- Elevation
- 211 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 337
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1189 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Colchester, Illinois, United States
Read off the current local time in Colchester, Illinois, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Colchester, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Colchester
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Colchester keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:34 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 5:02 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 6:06 AM – 5:30 PM
Weather in Colchester right now
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Colchester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05439
- 05446
- 05449
- 06415
- 62326
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 Colchester
- Colchester England, United Kingdom
- Colchester Vermont, United States
- Colchester Connecticut, United States
- Colchester Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Colchester Ontario, Canada
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
- Ragtown (historical) — 2.9 km
- Tennessee — 4.3 km
- Fandon — 7.0 km
- Georgetown — 7.4 km
- Hills Grove (historical) — 7.8 km
- Little Ireland (historical) — 9.5 km
Local time details for Colchester
Postal codes tied to Colchester number 5.
The local zone in Colchester is America/Chicago, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Today's schedule for Colchester: sunrise 6:34 AM, sunset 5:02 PM. That gives 10 h 28 min of daylight.
Colchester, Ragtown (historical) and Tennessee all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- Does Colchester use the America/Chicago time zone?
- Yes, Colchester uses America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Colchester follow daylight saving time?
- No.
- What time is last light in Colchester?
- The sun sets at 5:02 PM.