Damascus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3722, -89.7062
- Elevation
- 235 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1136 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Damascus, Illinois, United States
Use this page to see what time it is in Damascus, Illinois, United States — the America/Chicago zone applies there (−5).
Damascus, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Damascus
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Damascus.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:23 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 6:55 AM – 6:34 PM
Weather in Damascus right now
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Damascus and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 18415
- 20872
- 24236
- 39841
- 44619
- 72039
- 97089
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 Damascus
- Damascus Damascus Governorate, Syria
- Damascus Maryland, United States
- Damascus Oregon, United States
- Damascus Virginia, United States
- Damascus Ohio, 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
- Scioto Mills — 3.5 km
- Red Oak — 3.6 km
- Stephenson County — 4.3 km
- Cedarville — 6.0 km
- Eleroy — 6.3 km
- Buena Vista — 6.4 km
Damascus: clock, sun and surroundings
Check Damascus and you have also checked Scioto Mills and Red Oak.
The area of Damascus is divided into 7 postal codes.
The zone in force in Damascus is America/Chicago, with an offset of UTC−5. Seasonal change: Yes.
Sun-up in Damascus is 7:23 AM today and sun-down is 6:05 PM. That gap holds 10 h 42 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Damascus?
- Damascus uses the America/Chicago time zone, which has an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Damascus include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- What time is first light in Damascus?
- The sun rises at 7:23 AM.