Dawson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.8528, -89.4634
- Elevation
- 182 m above sea level
- Population
- 496
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1073 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dawson, Illinois, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Dawson, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Dawson, United States
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dawson
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Dawson.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:15 AM Solar noon 12:43 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 10 h 56 min Night 13 h 04 min Civil twilight 6:48 AM – 6:39 PM
Weather in Dawson right now
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Dawson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15428
- 35963
- 39842
- 50066
- 56232
- 58428
- 62520
- 68337
- 76639
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 Dawson
- Dawson Georgia, United States
- Dawson Minnesota, United States
- Dawson Texas, United States
- Dawson Pennsylvania, United States
- Dawson Nebraska, 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
- Buffalo — 4.7 km
- Barclay — 5.3 km
- Riverton — 6.6 km
- Spaulding — 6.7 km
- Buffalo Hart — 6.9 km
- Mechanicsburg — 7.4 km
Time and daylight in Dawson
9 postal codes divide Dawson.
Dawson keeps the America/Chicago zone, which is UTC−5. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
Sunrise today in Dawson lands at 7:15 AM; sunset lands at 6:12 PM. That is 10 h 56 min of light.
Neighbours of Dawson such as Buffalo and Barclay share its clock.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Dawson uses?
- Dawson uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Dawson take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Dawson: Yes.
- How early does the sun rise in Dawson?
- The first sunlight comes at 7:15 AM.