Forreston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.1261, -89.5793
- Elevation
- 286 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 377
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1118 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forreston, Illinois, United States
Look up the current time in Forreston, Illinois, United States, which follows the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Forreston, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Forreston
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Forreston.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:48 AM Solar noon 11:44 AM Sunset 4:40 PM Daylight 9 h 51 min Night 14 h 09 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:10 PM
Weather in Forreston right now
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Forreston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61030
- 76041
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 Forreston
- Forreston South Australia, Australia
- Forreston Mississippi, United States
- Forreston Texas, 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
- Harper — 5.9 km
- Haldane — 7.1 km
- Maryland — 7.2 km
- Adeline — 7.6 km
- Baileyville — 8.0 km
- Florence — 11.9 km
Local time details for Forreston
Sunrise today in Forreston lands at 6:48 AM; sunset lands at 4:40 PM. That is 9 h 51 min of light.
Nearby places like Harper and Haldane are on Forreston time.
Addresses in Forreston fall under 2 postal codes.
The time standard for Forreston is America/Chicago at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Forreston?
- Forreston observes the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Forreston?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in Forreston?
- Daylight begins at 6:48 AM.