Galena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.4167, -90.4290
- Elevation
- 193 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 299
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1194 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Galena, Illinois, United States
On this page you will find the exact local time in Galena, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Galena, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Galena
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Galena keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:53 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 4:42 PM Daylight 9 h 50 min Night 14 h 10 min Civil twilight 6:22 AM – 5:12 PM
Weather in Galena right now
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Galena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21635
- 43021
- 61036
- 65656
- 66739
- 99741
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 Galena
- Galena Kansas, United States
- Galena Indiana, United States
- Galena Ohio, United States
- Galena Maryland, United States
- Galena Alaska, 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
- Bremen — 2.2 km
- Gears Ferry — 4.3 km
- Portage — 4.4 km
- Galena Junction — 4.9 km
- Millbrig (historical) — 7.1 km
- Aiken — 7.2 km
Galena: clock, sun and surroundings
There are 6 postal codes assigned to Galena.
Local time in Galena comes from the America/Chicago zone, UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun rises at 6:53 AM above Galena and sets at 4:42 PM today. Daylight lasts about 9 h 50 min.
Nearby, Bremen and Gears Ferry go by the same clock as Galena.
Questions and answers
- What is Galena's time zone?
- Galena's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in Galena?
- Daylight saving in Galena: No.
- When does the sun go down in Galena?
- Sunset in Galena is at 4:42 PM.