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What time is it in Jefferson City, Illinois, United States

This page keeps the current time in Jefferson City, Illinois, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−5).

Jefferson City, United States

1:45:50 AM

Friday, 16 October 2026

UTC−5 · America/Chicago

Local time in Jefferson City

UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active

What the clock shows right now in Jefferson City.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:43 PM Sunset 6:19 PM Daylight 11 h 12 min Night 12 h 48 min Civil twilight 6:40 AM – 6:45 PM

Weather in Jefferson City right now

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Jefferson City and its neighbours

Jefferson City at 38.3787, -89.0434 with the nearest towns within 11.9 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

37760
59638
65101
65102
65103
65104
65105
65106
65107
65108
65109
65110

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.

Jefferson City in numbers

Coordinates: 38.3787, -89.0434
Elevation: 166 m above sea level
Region: Illinois
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 1044 km away
Same name: 3 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Illinois

Chicago 2 664 452
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Naperville 147 100
Peoria 115 070

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Same time zone — America/Chicago

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Nearby places

Boyd — 4.7 km
Woodlawn — 5.5 km
Roaches — 6.6 km
Cravat — 6.6 km
Drivers — 6.9 km
Idlewood — 10.5 km

Jefferson City: clock, sun and surroundings

12 postal codes have been allocated to Jefferson City.

The time zone used in Jefferson City is America/Chicago, set at UTC−5. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.

Jefferson City has sunrise at 7:07 AM today and sunset at 6:19 PM. Light holds for 11 h 12 min.

Close to Jefferson City, the towns of Boyd and Woodlawn show the same time.

Questions and answers

How is the time zone in Jefferson City listed?: The time zone in Jefferson City is listed as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
Does daylight saving time apply in Jefferson City?: Yes.
When does the sun come up in Jefferson City?: Sunrise in Jefferson City is at 7:07 AM.