Detroit in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.6206, -90.6768
- Elevation
- 195 m above sea level
- Population
- 81
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1176 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Detroit, Illinois, United States
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in Detroit, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Detroit, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Detroit
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Detroit.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:24 AM Solar noon 12:48 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 6:57 AM – 6:39 PM
Weather in Detroit right now
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Detroit and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04929
- 35552
- 48201
- 48202
- 48204
- 48205
- 48206
- 48207
- 48208
- 48209
- 48210
- 48211
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 Detroit
- Detroit Michigan, United States
- Detroit Maine, United States
- Detroit Texas, United States
- Detroit Alabama, United States
- Detroit Oregon, 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
- Florence — 5.7 km
- Milton — 6.6 km
- Time — 7.7 km
- Sunny Hill — 8.1 km
- Valley City — 9.8 km
- Griggsville — 10.6 km
About the time in Detroit
Postal codes assigned across Detroit total 12.
The time zone assigned to Detroit is America/Chicago, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Detroit greets the sun at 7:24 AM and loses it at 6:11 PM today. Daylight runs to 10 h 47 min.
You will find the same time in Florence and Milton, both near Detroit.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Detroit in?
- Detroit is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in Detroit?
- Daylight saving in Detroit: Yes.
- Sunset in Detroit is at what time?
- At 6:11 PM.