Gerald in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.2706, -87.9300
- Elevation
- 223 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 945 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
Current local time for Gerald, Illinois, United States is listed here, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Gerald, United States
Thursday, 12 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Gerald
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Gerald keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
Sunrise 6:35 AM Solar noon 11:37 AM Sunset 4:39 PM Daylight 10 h 04 min Night 13 h 56 min Civil twilight 6:06 AM – 5:08 PM
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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.
Gerald falls within America/Chicago, which places it UTC−6 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
Gerald greets the sun at 6:35 AM and loses it at 4:39 PM today. Daylight runs to 10 h 04 min.
Neighbouring places Dailey and Penfield run on Gerald time.
Addresses in Gerald fall under 1 postal code.