Forrest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.7520, -88.4112
- Elevation
- 208 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 177
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 992 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forrest, Illinois, United States
This page shows the time of day in Forrest, Illinois, United States as it stands now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Forrest, United States
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Forrest
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Forrest, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:39 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 6:46 AM – 6:33 PM
Weather in Forrest right now
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Forrest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61741
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 Forrest
- Forrest Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Forrest Victoria, Australia
- Forrest Western Australia, Australia
- Forrest Manitoba, Canada
- Forrest Arizona, 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
- Cereal — 7.0 km
- Wing — 7.6 km
- Fairbury — 8.7 km
- Risk — 9.0 km
- Chatsworth — 10.0 km
- Avoca (historical) — 10.8 km
Local time details for Forrest
Whatever the hour in Forrest, it is the same in Cereal and Wing.
The register holds 1 postal code for Forrest.
The zone applied in Forrest is America/Chicago with offset UTC−5. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Forrest sees first light at 7:13 AM today and the sun sets at 6:05 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 51 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Forrest?
- The entry corresponding to Forrest is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Forrest keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Forrest: Yes.
- What time is sunrise in Forrest?
- It is 7:13 AM.