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
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 (−5).
Forest City, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Forest City
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Forest City.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:21 AM Solar noon 12:45 PM Sunset 6:08 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 6:36 PM
Weather in Forest City right now
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Forest City and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 18421
- 28043
- 50436
- 61532
- 64451
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 Forest City
- Forest City Florida, United States
- Forest City North Carolina, United States
- Forest City Iowa, United States
- Forest City Johor, Malaysia
- Forest City Pennsylvania, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
About the time in Forest City
Sunrise reaches Forest City at 7:21 AM, and the sun sets at 6:08 PM. Light lasts 10 h 47 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−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
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 −5.
- Are the clocks in Forest City adjusted for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving in Forest City: Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Forest City?
- Sunrise is at 7:21 AM and sunset at 6:08 PM.