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What time is it in Lester, Illinois, United States

The local time in Lester, Illinois, United States — in the America/Chicago time zone (−5) — is shown on this page.

Lester, United States

Tuesday, 27 October 2026

UTC−5 · America/Chicago

Local time in Lester

UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active

What the clock shows right now in Lester.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:41 PM Sunset 6:03 PM Daylight 10 h 45 min Night 13 h 15 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 6:30 PM

Weather in Lester right now

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Lester and its neighbours

Saint Paul Augsburg Wilberton Vernon Alma Patoka Kinmundy Shobonier Saint Peter Pinhook (historical) Lester
Lester at 38.8026, -88.9764 with the nearest towns within 13.0 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Lester in numbers

Coordinates
38.8026, -88.9764
Elevation
168 m above sea level
Region
Illinois
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 1033 km away
Same name
14 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Illinois

Other places named Lester

Same time zone — America/Chicago

Nearby places

Time and daylight in Lester

First light in Lester comes at 7:19 AM today; darkness returns after 6:03 PM. The day gives 10 h 45 min of light.

Lester shares one clock with the nearby places Saint Paul and Augsburg.

Postal codes assigned across Lester total 3.

The zone in force in Lester is America/Chicago, with an offset of UTC−5. Seasonal change: Yes.

Questions and answers
What time zone applies in Lester?
In Lester, the applicable time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
Do the clocks in Lester go back at any point?
Yes.
Please give the sunrise time for Lester.
The sun rises at 7:19 AM.

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