Fairmont in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.5561, -88.0592
- Elevation
- 193 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 459
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 981 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fairmont, Illinois, United States
This page shows the current local time in Fairmont, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Fairmont, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fairmont
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Fairmont, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:37 PM Sunset 5:54 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 6:23 PM
Weather in Fairmont right now
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Fairmont and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 26554
- 26555
- 28340
- 56031
- 68354
- 73736
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 Fairmont
- Fairmont West Virginia, United States
- Fairmont Minnesota, United States
- Fairmont North Carolina, United States
- Fairmont Nebraska, United States
- Fairmont Maryland, 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
- South Lockport — 1.9 km
- East Joliet — 2.4 km
- Lidice — 2.6 km
- Ridgewood — 2.8 km
- Lockport — 3.7 km
- Joliet — 4.0 km
Fairmont: clock, sun and surroundings
Fairmont sets its clocks by America/Chicago, which runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
The sun rises at 7:20 AM above Fairmont and sets at 5:54 PM today. Daylight lasts about 10 h 34 min.
Nearby places like South Lockport and East Joliet are on Fairmont time.
Postal codes assigned across Fairmont total 6.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Fairmont?
- The time zone that applies to Fairmont is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks in Fairmont shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- When does daylight end in Fairmont?
- Daylight ends at 5:54 PM.