Gilchrist in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6473, -90.0398
- Elevation
- 232 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1127 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gilchrist, Illinois, United States
Get the current local time in Gilchrist, Illinois, United States, a location in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Gilchrist, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Gilchrist
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Gilchrist.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:29 AM Solar noon 12:45 PM Sunset 6:01 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 7:01 AM – 6:29 PM
Weather in Gilchrist right now
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Gilchrist and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 77617
- 97737
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 Gilchrist
- Gilchrist Ontario, Canada
- Gilchrist Florida, United States
- Gilchrist Florida, United States
- Gilchrist Illinois, United States
- Gilchrist Michigan, 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
- Norris — 2.5 km
- Forty Acres — 3.8 km
- Brereton — 4.2 km
- Farmington — 6.3 km
- Middlegrove — 8.1 km
- Village Square — 9.2 km
Local time details for Gilchrist
There are 2 postal code zones in Gilchrist.
Clocks across Gilchrist run on America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today's schedule for Gilchrist: sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 6:01 PM. That gives 10 h 32 min of daylight.
The same local time applies in Gilchrist, Norris and Forty Acres.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Gilchrist?
- The time zone designation for Gilchrist is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a daylight saving time change in Gilchrist?
- Daylight saving in Gilchrist: Yes.
- When does the sun go down in Gilchrist?
- Sunset in Gilchrist is at 6:01 PM.