Lafayette in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.1081, -89.9715
- Elevation
- 243 m above sea level
- Population
- 223
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1128 km away
- Same name
- 27 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lafayette, Illinois, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Lafayette, Illinois, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Lafayette, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lafayette
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Lafayette keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:22 AM Solar noon 12:45 PM Sunset 6:08 PM Daylight 10 h 45 min Night 13 h 15 min Civil twilight 6:54 AM – 6:36 PM
Weather in Lafayette right now
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Lafayette and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07848
- 36862
- 37083
- 45854
- 47901
- 47902
- 47903
- 47904
- 47905
- 47909
- 56054
- 70501
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 Lafayette
- Lafayette Louisiana, United States
- Lafayette Indiana, United States
- Lafayette Colorado, United States
- Lafayette California, United States
- Lafayette Georgia, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Saxon (historical) — 8.3 km
- Centerville — 8.5 km
- Galva — 8.9 km
- Toulon — 9.1 km
- West Jersey — 10.6 km
- Victoria — 13.5 km
About the time in Lafayette
Lafayette carries 12 postal codes.
The zone that governs Lafayette is America/Chicago at UTC−5. Whether the clocks move seasonally: Yes.
The sun rises over Lafayette today at 7:22 AM and slips away at 6:08 PM. That leaves 10 h 45 min of daylight.
Nothing changes on the clock between Lafayette and neighbouring Saxon (historical) or Centerville.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Lafayette based on America/Chicago?
- Yes, local time in Lafayette is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Lafayette stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Lafayette: Yes.
- What hour brings sunrise in Lafayette?
- The hour is 7:22 AM.