Franklin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.6203, -90.0440
- Elevation
- 208 m above sea level
- Population
- 597
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1122 km away
- Same name
- 71 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Franklin, Illinois, United States
This page shows local time in Franklin, Illinois, United States as of this moment, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Franklin, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Franklin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Franklin.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:21 AM Solar noon 12:45 PM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 10 h 49 min Night 13 h 11 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Franklin right now
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Franklin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02038
- 03235
- 04634
- 05457
- 07416
- 13775
- 16323
- 23851
- 26807
- 28734
- 28744
- 30217
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 Franklin
- Franklin Tennessee, United States
- Franklin Wisconsin, United States
- Franklin Massachusetts, United States
- Franklin Indiana, United States
- Franklin Ohio, 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
- Yeomans — 3.4 km
- Rees — 4.5 km
- Appalokia (historical) — 5.9 km
- Centerville — 7.0 km
- Waverly — 8.4 km
- Pisgah — 8.8 km
Local time details for Franklin
The zone applied in Franklin is America/Chicago with offset UTC−5. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise at Franklin today happens at 7:21 AM, sunset at 6:10 PM. The two are 10 h 49 min apart.
Franklin shares one clock with the nearby places Yeomans and Rees.
Every address in Franklin sits within one of 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Is Franklin in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Franklin is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Franklin shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in Franklin: Yes.
- Which time marks sunset in Franklin?
- 6:10 PM marks sunset.