Junction City in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.5803, -89.1279
- Elevation
- 150 m above sea level
- Population
- 462
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1049 km away
- Same name
- 14 more places in the world share this name
This page answers what time it is in Junction City, Illinois, United States right now, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Junction City, United States
Friday, 13 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Junction City
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Junction City.
Sunrise 6:37 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:47 PM Daylight 10 h 09 min Night 13 h 51 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 5:15 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.
8 postal codes divide Junction City.
Junction City belongs to the America/Chicago zone, placing local clocks at UTC−6. Summer time adjustment: No.
Sun-up in Junction City is 6:37 AM today and sun-down is 4:47 PM. That gap holds 10 h 09 min of daylight.
Central City and Sandoval lie near Junction City and keep identical time.