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What time is it in Des Plaines, Illinois, United States

Below you can see what the time is in Des Plaines, Illinois, United States now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).

Des Plaines, United States

Thursday, 22 October 2026

UTC−5 · America/Chicago

Local time in Des Plaines

UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active

What the clock shows right now in Des Plaines.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:37 PM Sunset 6:01 PM Daylight 10 h 48 min Night 13 h 12 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 6:29 PM

Weather in Des Plaines right now

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Des Plaines and its neighbours

Rosemont Niles Elk Grove Village Golf Stonegate Des Plaines
Des Plaines at 42.0334, -87.8834 with the nearest towns within 8.9 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Des Plaines in numbers

Coordinates
42.0334, -87.8834
Population
58 677
Region
Illinois
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 981 km away

Largest cities in Illinois

Same time zone — America/Chicago

Nearby places

Time and daylight in Des Plaines

Des Plaines counts hours by America/Chicago, which stands at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving is kept: Yes.

Sunrise happens at 7:13 AM in Des Plaines today and sunset at 6:01 PM. That marks 10 h 48 min of daylight.

Time in Des Plaines applies without change in Rosemont and Niles nearby.

Des Plaines accounts for 4 postal codes.

Questions and answers
What time zone is assigned to Des Plaines?
Des Plaines is assigned to the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
Does Des Plaines take part in daylight saving time?
Daylight saving time in Des Plaines: Yes.
Sunset in Des Plaines is at what time?
At 6:01 PM.

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