Galesburg in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.9478, -90.3712
- Population
- 31 273
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1159 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Galesburg, Illinois, United States
The reading below is the local time in Galesburg, Illinois, United States, taken from the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Galesburg, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Galesburg
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Galesburg keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:15 AM Solar noon 12:48 PM Sunset 6:21 PM Daylight 11 h 06 min Night 12 h 54 min Civil twilight 6:47 AM – 6:49 PM
Weather in Galesburg right now
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Galesburg and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 49053
- 58035
- 61401
- 61402
- 66740
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 Galesburg
- Galesburg Michigan, United States
- Galesburg Kansas, United States
- Galesburg North Dakota, United States
- Galesburg Ontario, Canada
- Galesburg 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
- East Galesburg — 5.1 km
- Soperville — 7.1 km
- Knoxville — 8.5 km
- Saluda — 8.6 km
- Henderson — 8.7 km
- Henderson Grove — 8.7 km
Galesburg: clock, sun and surroundings
Sunrise comes to Galesburg at 7:15 AM and sunset at 6:21 PM today. Together that makes 11 h 06 min of light.
Near Galesburg you can add East Galesburg and Soperville, both on the same time.
There are 5 postal codes assigned to Galesburg.
The clock standard in Galesburg is America/Chicago, offset by UTC−5. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Galesburg?
- The designation used for Galesburg is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Galesburg?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunset time in Galesburg?
- Local sunset is 6:21 PM.