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What time is it in Forest City, Illinois, United States

The present local time in Forest City, Illinois, United States is given below, for the America/Chicago time zone (−6).

Forest City, United States

Sunday, 15 November 2026

UTC−6 · America/Chicago

Local time in Forest City

UTC−6 · no daylight saving time

What the clock shows right now in Forest City.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:47 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 4:44 PM Daylight 9 h 57 min Night 14 h 03 min Civil twilight 6:17 AM – 5:13 PM

Weather in Forest City right now

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Forest City and its neighbours

Manito Goofy Ridge Topeka Parkland Radville Liverpool Forest City
Forest City at 40.3700, -89.8276 with the nearest towns within 14.9 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Forest City in numbers

Coordinates
40.3700, -89.8276
Elevation
150 m above sea level
Population
232
Region
Illinois
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 1107 km away
Same name
13 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Illinois

Other places named Forest City

Same time zone — America/Chicago

Nearby places

About the time in Forest City

Sunrise reaches Forest City at 6:47 AM, and the sun sets at 4:44 PM. Light lasts 9 h 57 min.

Whatever the hour in Forest City, it is the same in Union and Bishop.

5 postal codes divide Forest City.

Clocks in Forest City follow America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.

Questions and answers

What is the correct time zone for Forest City?
The correct time zone for Forest City is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
Are the clocks in Forest City adjusted for daylight saving?
Daylight saving in Forest City: No.
When do sunrise and sunset happen in Forest City?
Sunrise is at 6:47 AM and sunset at 4:44 PM.
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