Houston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.1592, -89.7812
- Elevation
- 134 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1111 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Houston, Illinois, United States
On this page you will find the exact local time in Houston, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Houston, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Houston
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Houston.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:22 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 6:55 AM – 6:33 PM
Weather in Houston right now
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Houston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15342
- 19954
- 35572
- 38851
- 45333
- 55943
- 65483
- 72070
- 77001
- 77002
- 77003
- 77004
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 Houston
- Houston Texas, United States
- Houston Scotland, United Kingdom
- Houston Mississippi, United States
- Houston British Columbia, Canada
- Houston Alaska, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
- Nashville United States
Nearby places
- Baldwin — 6.0 km
- Schuline — 7.8 km
- Sparta — 8.0 km
- Park Estates Mobile Home Park — 8.5 km
- Whiteoak — 9.0 km
- Preston — 9.1 km
Local time details for Houston
Sunrise in Houston is at 7:22 AM today, and sunset comes at 6:06 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 44 min.
Places close to Houston, among them Baldwin and Schuline, share its time.
Within Houston, postal codes number 12.
The zone applied in Houston is America/Chicago with offset UTC−5. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Houston?
- The time zone that applies to Houston is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Houston?
- Daylight saving in Houston: Yes.
- When does light leave Houston?
- Light leaves at 6:06 PM.