New Athens in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.3264, -89.8771
- Elevation
- 121 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 951
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1117 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in New Athens, Illinois, United States
The reading below is the local time in New Athens, Illinois, United States, taken from the America/Chicago zone (−5).
New Athens, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in New Athens
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
New Athens keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:10 AM Solar noon 12:46 PM Sunset 6:22 PM Daylight 11 h 12 min Night 12 h 48 min Civil twilight 6:44 AM – 6:49 PM
Weather in New Athens right now
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New Athens and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 43981
- 62264
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 New Athens
- New Athens Ohio, United States
- New Athens Pennsylvania, 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
- Lementon — 5.9 km
- Lenzburg — 6.8 km
- Fayetteville — 9.1 km
- Hecker — 10.5 km
- Freeburg — 11.7 km
- Precinct 6 — 12.0 km
About the time in New Athens
New Athens works with 2 postal codes.
New Athens marks time with America/Chicago at an offset of UTC−5. Does the area change clocks seasonally? Yes.
Daylight in New Athens today runs from 7:10 AM to 6:22 PM. The stretch measures 11 h 12 min.
New Athens shares its time with neighbouring Lementon and Lenzburg.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by New Athens?
- New Athens uses the America/Chicago time zone, which has an offset of −5.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in New Athens?
- Yes.
- How do I know when the sun sets in New Athens?
- Sunset there is at 6:22 PM.