Lake Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2586, -87.8406
- Elevation
- 210 m above sea level
- Population
- 19 408
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 985 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Lake Forest, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lake Forest
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Lake Forest.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:37 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 6:47 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in Lake Forest right now
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Lake Forest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60045
- 92630
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 Lake Forest
- Lake Forest California, United States
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- Lake Forest California, United States
- Lake Forest Florida, 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
- Deerpath — 1.9 km
- Skokie Manor — 2.2 km
- Kennedy — 3.1 km
- Melody — 4.0 km
- Rondout — 5.1 km
- Highmoor — 6.6 km
Local time details for Lake Forest
Lake Forest tells time by America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Today the sun comes up at 7:16 AM in Lake Forest and goes down at 5:58 PM. Daylight measures 10 h 42 min.
Nearby Deerpath and Skokie Manor follow the same clock as Lake Forest.
2 codes make up the postal map of Lake Forest.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with Lake Forest?
- The value associated with Lake Forest is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Lake Forest?
- Daylight saving time in Lake Forest: Yes.
- What time does the day start in Lake Forest?
- The sun rises at 7:16 AM.