Oblong in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.0020, -87.9089
- Elevation
- 156 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 427
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 940 km away
What time is it in Oblong, Illinois, United States
Right now in Oblong, Illinois, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Oblong, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Oblong
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Oblong.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:11 AM Solar noon 12:37 PM Sunset 6:02 PM Daylight 10 h 51 min Night 13 h 09 min Civil twilight 6:44 AM – 6:30 PM
Weather in Oblong right now
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Oblong and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 62449
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
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
- Stoy — 6.6 km
- Dogwood — 7.1 km
- Oil Center — 7.6 km
- Pierceburg — 7.9 km
- Kibbie — 7.9 km
- Willow Hill — 9.8 km
Local time details for Oblong
The zone applied in Oblong is America/Chicago with offset UTC−5. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Today the sun rises over Oblong at 7:11 AM and sets at 6:02 PM. That is 10 h 51 min of daylight in all.
Set your clock for Oblong and it will also be right in Stoy and Dogwood.
Oblong is covered by 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Oblong?
- The designation used for Oblong is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Oblong keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Oblong: Yes.
- At what time is the sun setting in Oblong?
- The sun is setting at 6:02 PM.