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What time is it in Hamel, Illinois, United States

The clock for Hamel, Illinois, United States is kept here in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).

Hamel, United States

4:38:56 PM

Saturday, 14 November 2026

UTC−6 · America/Chicago

Local time in Hamel

UTC−6 · no daylight saving time

Hamel keeps America/Chicago clock_time.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:42 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 4:48 PM Daylight 10 h 06 min Night 13 h 54 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:16 PM

Weather in Hamel right now

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Hamel and its neighbours

Hamel at 38.8889, -89.8454 with the nearest towns within 9.0 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

55340
62046

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.

Hamel in numbers

Coordinates: 38.8889, -89.8454
Elevation: 167 m above sea level
Population: 806
Region: Illinois
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 1108 km away
Same name: 7 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Illinois

Chicago 2 664 452
Aurora 200 661
Rockford 148 278
Joliet 147 861
Naperville 147 100
Peoria 115 070

Other places named Hamel

Hamel Hauts-de-France, France
Hamel Western Australia, Australia
Hamel Minnesota, United States
Hamel Flanders, Belgium
Hamel Artibonite, Haiti

Same time zone — America/Chicago

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Nearby places

Maple — 4.2 km
Carpenter — 4.2 km
Worden — 4.8 km
Barnett — 5.1 km
Kaufman — 6.6 km
Fruit — 6.6 km

About the time in Hamel

Sorting mail for Hamel involves 2 postal codes.

The time zone in effect for Hamel is America/Chicago, at UTC−6. Daylight saving time observed: No.

Sunlight reaches Hamel at 6:42 AM and fades after 4:48 PM today. The span is 10 h 06 min.

Clocks in Carpenter and Maple read the same as clocks in Hamel.

Questions and answers

How is Hamel's time zone listed?: Hamel's time zone is listed as America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Hamel?: Daylight saving time in Hamel: No.
Which time marks sunset in Hamel?: 4:48 PM marks sunset.