Dekalb in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.9295, -88.7504
- Population
- 43 211
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1047 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dekalb, Illinois, United States
Below you can see what the time is in Dekalb, Illinois, United States now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Dekalb, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dekalb
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Dekalb keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:40 PM Sunset 6:02 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 6:50 AM – 6:30 PM
Weather in Dekalb right now
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Dekalb and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60115
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 Dekalb
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
- Dekalb County — 4.3 km
- Edgebrook Mobile Home Park — 5.0 km
- Cortland — 5.2 km
- Elva — 7.6 km
- Five Points — 8.2 km
- Sycamore — 8.4 km
Time and daylight in Dekalb
Dekalb appears under 1 postal code.
The name of the time zone in Dekalb is America/Chicago, and it runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Expect sunrise at 7:19 AM and sunset at 6:02 PM in Dekalb today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 43 min.
Neighbouring places Dekalb County and Edgebrook Mobile Home Park run on Dekalb time.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Dekalb based on America/Chicago?
- Yes, local time in Dekalb is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Dekalb?
- Yes.
- What time is sunrise in Dekalb?
- It is 7:19 AM.