Essex in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7623, -87.5900
- Elevation
- 181 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 949 km away
- Same name
- 29 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Essex, Illinois, United States
This page shows local time in Essex, Illinois, United States as of this moment, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Essex, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Essex
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Essex keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:32 AM Solar noon 11:35 AM Sunset 4:38 PM Daylight 10 h 06 min Night 13 h 54 min Civil twilight 6:03 AM – 5:08 PM
Weather in Essex right now
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Essex and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01929
- 05451
- 06426
- 12936
- 21221
- 51638
- 59916
- 60935
- 63846
- 92332
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 Essex
- Essex Maryland, United States
- Essex Ontario, Canada
- Essex Massachusetts, United States
- Essex Iowa, United States
- Essex Illinois, 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
- Brookdale — 0.7 km
- Brookline — 1.5 km
- Avalon Highlands — 1.8 km
- Avalon Park — 1.9 km
- Burnside — 3.6 km
- South Chicago — 3.9 km
Local time details for Essex
Essex tells time by America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
In Essex today the sun is out from 6:32 AM until 4:38 PM. That comes to 10 h 06 min of daylight.
Essex keeps the same time as its neighbours Brookdale and Brookline.
Mail addressed to Essex uses 10 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Essex in?
- Essex is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Does the local time in Essex change with daylight saving?
- No.
- At what time is the sun rising in Essex?
- The sun is rising at 6:32 AM.