Forest Park in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.8795, -87.8137
- Elevation
- 190 m above sea level
- Population
- 14 123
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 970 km away
- Same name
- 47 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forest Park, Illinois, United States
Below is the local time in Forest Park, Illinois, United States, kept in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Forest Park, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Forest Park
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Forest Park.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:36 PM Sunset 5:52 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 6:21 PM
Weather in Forest Park right now
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Forest Park and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30297
- 30298
- 60130
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 Park
- Forest Park Georgia, United States
- Forest Park Ohio, United States
- Forest Park Maryland, United States
- Forest Park Oklahoma, United States
- Forest Park Alabama, 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
- Samuel A Rothermel Houses — 1.4 km
- Maywood — 2.4 km
- Hines — 3.6 km
- Berwyn — 3.6 km
- Broadview — 3.7 km
- Austin — 4.1 km
About the time in Forest Park
Today's sunrise at Forest Park falls at 7:20 AM; sunset follows at 5:52 PM. Between them lie 10 h 33 min of daylight.
There is no time difference between Forest Park and nearby Samuel A Rothermel Houses or Maywood.
Sorting mail for Forest Park involves 3 postal codes.
Forest Park marks time with America/Chicago at an offset of UTC−5. Does the area change clocks seasonally? Yes.
Questions and answers
- How is Forest Park's time zone listed?
- Forest Park's time zone is listed as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do the clocks in Forest Park go back at any point?
- Yes.
- When should I expect the sun to set in Forest Park?
- Expect it at 5:52 PM.