Gary in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7706, -87.8556
- Elevation
- 184 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 970 km away
- Same name
- 15 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gary, Illinois, United States
Read off the current local time in Gary, Illinois, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Gary, United States
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Gary
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Gary, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:10 AM Solar noon 12:37 PM Sunset 6:04 PM Daylight 10 h 54 min Night 13 h 06 min Civil twilight 6:42 AM – 6:32 PM
Weather in Gary right now
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Gary and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24836
- 46401
- 46402
- 46403
- 46404
- 46406
- 46407
- 46408
- 46409
- 56545
- 57237
- 75643
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 Gary
- Gary Indiana, United States
- Gary West Virginia, United States
- Gary South Dakota, United States
- Gary Minnesota, United States
- Gary Nuevo León, Mexico
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
- Hodgkins — 0.3 km
- Countryside — 2.3 km
- Mccook — 3.2 km
- Justice — 3.3 km
- Willow Springs — 3.3 km
- La Grange — 4.0 km
Gary: clock, sun and surroundings
Gary keeps the America/Chicago zone, which is UTC−5. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
The sun comes up over Gary at 7:10 AM today and drops below the horizon at 6:04 PM. That is 10 h 54 min between the two.
In Hodgkins and Countryside the clock agrees with Gary.
Gary carries 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Gary?
- The time zone name used for Gary is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Gary follow daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Gary?
- It appears at 7:10 AM.