Evanston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.0411, -87.6901
- Population
- 75 527
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 966 km away
- Same name
- 14 more places in the world share this name
On this page you will find the exact local time in Evanston, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Evanston, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Evanston
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Evanston.
Sunrise 6:41 AM Solar noon 11:36 AM Sunset 4:32 PM Daylight 9 h 52 min Night 14 h 08 min Civil twilight 6:11 AM – 5:02 PM
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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.
The hours shown for Evanston apply equally in South Evanston and Oakton.
Evanston includes 9 postal codes.
Evanston marks time with America/Chicago at an offset of UTC−6. Does the area change clocks seasonally? No.
Today the sun rises over Evanston at 6:41 AM and sets at 4:32 PM. That is 9 h 52 min of daylight in all.