Highland in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.7395, -89.6712
- Elevation
- 161 m above sea level
- Population
- 9 848
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1094 km away
- Same name
- 71 more places in the world share this name
The time now in Highland, Illinois, United States is shown here, following the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Highland, United States
Saturday, 14 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Highland
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Highland, Illinois.
Sunrise 6:41 AM Solar noon 11:44 AM Sunset 4:48 PM Daylight 10 h 07 min Night 13 h 53 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 5:16 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.
Highland sets its clocks by America/Chicago, which runs UTC−6. Daylight saving time here: No.
Today the sun rises over Highland at 6:41 AM and sets at 4:48 PM. That is 10 h 07 min of daylight in all.
The clock in Highland matches the clock in nearby Sebastopol and Pierron.
Highland carries 10 postal codes.