Fairfield in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2192, -88.0615
- Elevation
- 261 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 255
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1001 km away
- Same name
- 103 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fairfield, Illinois, United States
Watch the current local time in Fairfield, Illinois, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Fairfield, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fairfield
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Fairfield.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:37 PM Sunset 5:59 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 6:48 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in Fairfield right now
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Fairfield and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04937
- 05455
- 06824
- 06825
- 06828
- 07004
- 17320
- 24435
- 27826
- 32634
- 35064
- 40020
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 Fairfield
- Fairfield California, United States
- Fairfield Connecticut, United States
- Fairfield Ohio, United States
- Fairfield New South Wales, Australia
- Fairfield British Columbia, Canada
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
- Gilmer — 2.2 km
- Lochanora — 2.6 km
- Valentine Manor — 3.9 km
- Kildeer — 5.5 km
- North Barrington — 6.6 km
- Mundelein — 6.8 km
Time and daylight in Fairfield
The time given for Fairfield holds for nearby Gilmer and Lochanora too.
Postal numbering in Fairfield covers 12 codes.
Fairfield runs on America/Chicago, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
Today's schedule for Fairfield: sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 5:59 PM. That gives 10 h 42 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Fairfield identified?
- The time zone for Fairfield is identified as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time reach Fairfield?
- Daylight saving time in Fairfield: Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in Fairfield?
- Local sunrise is 7:16 AM.