Crete in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.4445, -87.6314
- Elevation
- 222 m above sea level
- Population
- 8 191
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 943 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Crete, Illinois, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Crete, Illinois, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Crete, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Crete
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Crete, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:35 PM Sunset 5:52 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 6:50 AM – 6:21 PM
Weather in Crete right now
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Crete and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60417
- 68333
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 Crete
- Crete Nebraska, United States
- Crete Campania, Italy
- Crete Pando, Bolivia
- Crete Pennsylvania, United States
- Crete Indiana, 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
- Faithorn — 2.7 km
- Steger — 2.9 km
- South Chicago Heights — 4.1 km
- Goodenow — 5.9 km
- Park Forest — 6.3 km
- Indian Hill — 6.5 km
About the time in Crete
Time runs the same in Crete and in nearby Faithorn and Steger.
Coverage of Crete by postal code amounts to 2 entries.
The clock standard in Crete is America/Chicago, offset by UTC−5. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
Morning light reaches Crete at 7:18 AM, and the sun sets at 5:52 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 34 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Crete?
- The time zone covering Crete is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is the offset in Crete changed for daylight saving?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunset time for Crete.
- The sun sets at 5:52 PM.