Compton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.6945, -89.0812
- Elevation
- 296 m above sea level
- Population
- 287
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1067 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
Watch the current local time in Compton, Illinois, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Compton, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Compton
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Compton keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
Sunrise 6:39 AM Solar noon 11:41 AM Sunset 4:43 PM Daylight 10 h 04 min Night 13 h 56 min Civil twilight 6:10 AM – 5:13 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.
8 postal codes correspond to Compton.
The time zone assigned to Compton is America/Chicago, held at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
The horizon brightens over Compton at 6:39 AM, and the sun sets at 4:43 PM. Daylight runs 10 h 04 min.
The Burg and Melugin Grove (historical) lie near Compton and keep identical time.