Dakota in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3886, -89.5262
- Elevation
- 288 m above sea level
- Population
- 478
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1122 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dakota, Illinois, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Dakota, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Dakota, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dakota
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Dakota.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:29 AM Solar noon 12:43 PM Sunset 5:57 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 7:00 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in Dakota right now
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Dakota and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 55925
- 61018
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 Dakota
- Dakota Wisconsin, United States
- Dakota Minnesota, United States
- Dakota Izabal Department, Guatemala
- Dakota Atlántida Department, Honduras
- Dakota Trøndelag, Norway
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
- Winneshiek — 4.9 km
- Rock City — 5.5 km
- Afolkey — 6.3 km
- Epplyanna — 7.8 km
- Rock Grove — 8.4 km
- River Road Mobile Home Park — 8.7 km
Dakota: clock, sun and surroundings
In Dakota, first light arrives at 7:29 AM and the sun goes down at 5:57 PM. The day holds 10 h 28 min of light.
Dakota and nearby Winneshiek and Rock City are never an hour apart.
Sorting mail for Dakota involves 2 postal codes.
Dakota is served by the America/Chicago time zone, offset UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Where does Dakota fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Dakota falls within America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Dakota follow daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- Which time marks sunrise in Dakota?
- 7:29 AM marks sunrise.