Effingham in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.1200, -88.5434
- Elevation
- 182 m above sea level
- Population
- 12 604
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 994 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Effingham, Illinois, United States
This page keeps the current time in Effingham, Illinois, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Effingham, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Effingham
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Effingham.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:39 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 10 h 39 min Night 13 h 21 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in Effingham right now
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Effingham and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03882
- 29541
- 62401
- 66023
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 Effingham
- Effingham New Hampshire, United States
- Effingham Kansas, United States
- Effingham Ontario, Canada
- Effingham England, United Kingdom
- Effingham England, United Kingdom
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Ewington — 5.1 km
- Teutopolis — 6.3 km
- Funkhouser — 7.3 km
- Heartville — 7.7 km
- Effingham County — 7.8 km
- Evers — 8.1 km
About the time in Effingham
Travelling from Effingham to Ewington or Teutopolis does not change the hour.
4 postal codes have been allocated to Effingham.
Effingham operates on America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving time used here: Yes.
In Effingham, first light arrives at 7:19 AM and the sun goes down at 5:58 PM. The day holds 10 h 39 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does Effingham fall?
- Effingham falls under America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Effingham vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Effingham: Yes.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Effingham — what are they?
- Sunrise at 7:19 AM, sunset at 5:58 PM.