Metropolis in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.1512, -88.7320
- Elevation
- 110 m above sea level
- Population
- 6 334
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1042 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Metropolis, Illinois, United States
The local time in Metropolis, Illinois, United States — in the America/Chicago time zone (−5) — is shown on this page.
Metropolis, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Metropolis
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Metropolis keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:40 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 10 h 54 min Night 13 h 06 min Civil twilight 6:47 AM – 6:33 PM
Weather in Metropolis right now
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Metropolis and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 62960
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 Metropolis
- Metropolis Gurabo, Puerto Rico
- Metropolis Louisiana, 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
- Massac City — 1.4 km
- High Point — 4.4 km
- Chiles — 4.4 km
- Grahamville — 6.5 km
- Maxon — 6.9 km
- Futrell — 7.6 km
Time and daylight in Metropolis
The offset in Metropolis is UTC−5, under the America/Chicago time zone. Daylight saving time: Yes.
In Metropolis today the sun is out from 7:13 AM until 6:07 PM. That comes to 10 h 54 min of daylight.
Places close to Metropolis, among them Massac City and Chiles, share its time.
1 postal code is attached to Metropolis.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Metropolis?
- The entry corresponding to Metropolis is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is the offset in Metropolis changed for daylight saving?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Metropolis.
- The sun rises at 7:13 AM.