Franklin County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.9923, -88.9241
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1039 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Franklin County, Illinois, United States
This page shows local time in Franklin County, Illinois, United States as of this moment, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Franklin County, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Franklin County
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Franklin County, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:29 AM Solar noon 11:41 AM Sunset 4:52 PM Daylight 10 h 23 min Night 13 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:01 AM – 5:20 PM
Weather in Franklin County right now
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Franklin County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 62812 Benton — 0.9 km away
- 62840 Frankfort Heights — 1.6 km away
- 62856 Logan — 8.4 km away
- 62819 Buckner — 8.7 km away
- 62874 Orient — 9.4 km away
- 62891 Valier — 10.3 km away
- 62896 West Frankfort — 10.5 km away
- 62897 Whittington — 10.7 km away
- 62836 Ewing — 10.8 km away
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 County
- Franklin County Alabama, United States
- Franklin County Arkansas, United States
- Franklin County Florida, United States
- Franklin County Georgia, United States
- Franklin County Iowa, 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
- Benton — 0.6 km
- West City — 1.0 km
- Steel City — 4.0 km
- Groat — 5.4 km
- Rend City — 6.6 km
- Hickory Corners — 6.9 km
About the time in Franklin County
9 postal codes correspond to Franklin County.
The zone that governs Franklin County is America/Chicago at UTC−6. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
Sunrise comes to Franklin County at 6:29 AM and sunset at 4:52 PM today. Together that makes 10 h 23 min of light.
Franklin County keeps the same time as its neighbours Benton and West City.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Franklin County uses?
- Franklin County uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is summer time applied in Franklin County?
- No.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Franklin County?
- It rises at 6:29 AM.