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What time is it in Mount Sterling, Illinois, United States

Current local time for Mount Sterling, Illinois, United States is listed here, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).

Mount Sterling, United States

12:47:26 PM

Sunday, 25 October 2026

UTC−5 · America/Chicago

Local time in Mount Sterling

UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active

What the clock shows right now in Mount Sterling.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:25 AM Solar noon 12:48 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 6:57 AM – 6:39 PM

Weather in Mount Sterling right now

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Mount Sterling and its neighbours

Mount Sterling at 39.9873, -90.7635 with the nearest towns within 12.1 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

40353
43143
52573
54645
62353
65062

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.

Mount Sterling in numbers

Coordinates: 39.9873, -90.7635
Elevation: 221 m above sea level
Population: 1 968
Region: Illinois
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 1184 km away
Same name: 11 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Illinois

Chicago 2 664 452
Aurora 200 661
Rockford 148 278
Joliet 147 861
Naperville 147 100
Peoria 115 070

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Same time zone — America/Chicago

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Nearby places

Brown County — 3.1 km
Hersman — 4.6 km
Fargo — 7.9 km
Buckhorn — 8.4 km
Gilbirds — 8.9 km
Timewell — 9.7 km

About the time in Mount Sterling

The postal breakdown of Mount Sterling runs to 6 codes.

Mount Sterling runs on America/Chicago, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.

The sun rises here at 7:25 AM and sets at 6:11 PM in Mount Sterling today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 46 min.

Mount Sterling, Brown County and Hersman all run on one and the same time.

Questions and answers

What time zone is used by Mount Sterling?: Mount Sterling uses the America/Chicago time zone, which has an offset of −5.
Does Mount Sterling have a daylight saving period?: Daylight saving in Mount Sterling: Yes.
When should I expect the sun to set in Mount Sterling?: Expect it at 6:11 PM.