Covington in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.3981, -88.4923
- Elevation
- 125 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 996 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Covington, Illinois, United States
This page holds the current clock reading for Covington, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Covington, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Covington
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Covington.
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 Covington right now
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Covington and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 16917
- 24426
- 30014
- 30015
- 30016
- 38019
- 41011
- 41012
- 41014
- 41016
- 41019
- 45318
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 Covington
- Covington Kentucky, United States
- Covington Washington, United States
- Covington Georgia, United States
- Covington Louisiana, United States
- Covington Tennessee, 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
- Cincinnati — 1.7 km
- Campbell — 5.0 km
- Sims — 5.4 km
- Boyleston — 6.0 km
- Wayne County — 6.8 km
- Round Prairie — 7.7 km
About the time in Covington
Covington keeps time under America/Chicago. That places it at UTC−5, with daylight saving time Yes.
Today at Covington, the sun rises at 7:12 AM and sets at 6:07 PM. That gives 10 h 55 min of daylight.
The time you see for Covington is also correct for Cincinnati and Campbell.
The postal code count for Covington is 12.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Covington in?
- Covington is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is summer time applied in Covington?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Covington.
- The sun rises at 7:12 AM.