East Alton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8803, -90.1112
- Elevation
- 132 m above sea level
- Population
- 6 176
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1131 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in East Alton, Illinois, United States
The time in East Alton, Illinois, United States at this very moment is shown below, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
East Alton, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in East Alton
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in East Alton.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:36 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 4:54 PM Daylight 10 h 18 min Night 13 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:08 AM – 5:22 PM
Weather in East Alton right now
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East Alton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 62024
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 East Alton
- East Alton New Hampshire, 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
- Milton — 3.4 km
- Forest Homes — 4.4 km
- Roxana — 4.7 km
- Upper Alton — 4.9 km
- Hartford — 5.4 km
- Alton — 6.4 km
Time and daylight in East Alton
Postal areas within East Alton come to 1.
In East Alton the time zone is America/Chicago and the offset is UTC−6. Daylight saving time used: No.
Sunrise in East Alton is at 6:36 AM today, and sunset comes at 4:54 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 18 min.
Travelling from East Alton to Milton or Forest Homes does not change the hour.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone East Alton uses?
- East Alton uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in East Alton?
- No.
- How late does the sun set in East Alton?
- The last sunlight comes at 4:54 PM.