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What time is it in Gerald, Illinois, United States

Current local time for Gerald, Illinois, United States is listed here, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).

Gerald, United States

Friday, 23 October 2026

UTC−5 · America/Chicago

Local time in Gerald

UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active

Gerald keeps America/Chicago clock_time.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:37 PM Sunset 6:02 PM Daylight 10 h 50 min Night 13 h 10 min Civil twilight 6:44 AM – 6:30 PM

Weather in Gerald right now

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Gerald and its neighbours

Dailey Penfield Armstrong Hope Gifford Royal Ellis Flatville Potomac Collison Gerald
Gerald at 40.2706, -87.9300 with the nearest towns within 11.8 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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 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

Largest cities in Illinois

Other places named Gerald

Same time zone — America/Chicago

Nearby places

Local time details for Gerald

Gerald falls within America/Chicago, which places it UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: Yes.

Gerald greets the sun at 7:12 AM and loses it at 6:02 PM today. Daylight runs to 10 h 50 min.

Neighbouring places Dailey and Penfield run on Gerald time.

Addresses in Gerald fall under 1 postal code.

Questions and answers
What time zone does local time in Gerald follow?
Local time in Gerald follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
Do people in Gerald set their clocks forward in spring?
Daylight saving in Gerald: Yes.
At what hour does the sun set in Gerald?
At 6:02 PM.

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