Nelson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7964, -89.6018
- Elevation
- 199 m above sea level
- Population
- 162
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1111 km away
- Same name
- 39 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nelson, Illinois, United States
The present local time in Nelson, Illinois, United States is given below, for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Nelson, United States
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Nelson
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Nelson.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:08 PM Daylight 10 h 49 min Night 13 h 11 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 6:37 PM
Weather in Nelson right now
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Nelson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03457
- 16940
- 24580
- 30151
- 54756
- 56355
- 65347
- 68961
- 95958
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 Nelson
- Nelson Nelson Region, New Zealand
- Nelson England, United Kingdom
- Nelson Wales, United Kingdom
- Nelson British Columbia, Canada
- Nelson 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
- Woodland Hills — 3.9 km
- Woodland Shores — 3.9 km
- Prairieville — 5.1 km
- Palmyra — 6.5 km
- Yeoward Addition — 6.5 km
- Rock Falls — 7.5 km
About the time in Nelson
Nelson has 9 postal codes in total.
Local clocks in Nelson answer to America/Chicago, set UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:20 AM in Nelson today and sunset at 6:08 PM. That marks 10 h 49 min of daylight.
Woodland Shores and Woodland Hills are neighbours of Nelson on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Nelson in?
- Nelson is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks in Nelson shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- At what time is the sun setting in Nelson?
- The sun is setting at 6:08 PM.