Elbow in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.6423, -88.1217
- Elevation
- 134 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 961 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Elbow, Illinois, United States
Right now in Elbow, Illinois, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Elbow, United States
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Elbow
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Elbow.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:10 AM Solar noon 12:38 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 10 h 57 min Night 13 h 03 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 6:33 PM
Weather in Elbow right now
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Elbow and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 62452 Parkersburg — 7.6 km away
- 62419 Calhoun — 10.3 km away
- 62450 Olney — 10.7 km away
- 62868 Noble — 11.5 km away
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 Elbow
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
- Fransonia (historical) — 3.2 km
- Gallagher — 4.1 km
- Seminary — 6.5 km
- Calhoun — 6.8 km
- Parkersburg — 8.1 km
- Richland County — 8.4 km
About the time in Elbow
The zone name for Elbow is America/Chicago and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Daylight arrives in Elbow at 7:10 AM and departs at 6:06 PM. It lasts 10 h 57 min today.
Fransonia (historical) and Gallagher sit close to Elbow and run on the same clock.
Postal areas within Elbow come to 4.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Elbow follow?
- Elbow follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks in Elbow shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Elbow today?
- Sunrise 7:10 AM, sunset 6:06 PM.