Old Gilchrist in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.2312, -90.6251
- Elevation
- 215 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1184 km away
What time is it in Old Gilchrist, Illinois, United States
Watch the current local time in Old Gilchrist, Illinois, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Old Gilchrist, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Old Gilchrist
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Old Gilchrist keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:32 AM Solar noon 12:47 PM Sunset 6:02 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 7:04 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Old Gilchrist right now
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Old Gilchrist and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61263 Matherville — 3.4 km away
- 61486 Viola — 4.1 km away
- 61276 Preemption — 8.3 km away
- 61231 Aledo — 10.3 km away
- 61279 Reynolds — 10.8 km away
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
- Wanlock — 1.3 km
- Shale City — 1.8 km
- Gilchrist — 2.9 km
- Matherville — 3.5 km
- Boden — 4.4 km
- Viola — 4.5 km
Old Gilchrist: clock, sun and surroundings
Addresses in Old Gilchrist fall under 5 postal codes.
Old Gilchrist adheres to America/Chicago, a UTC−5 offset. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Today's schedule for Old Gilchrist: sunrise 7:32 AM, sunset 6:02 PM. That gives 10 h 30 min of daylight.
Wanlock and Shale City, both nearby, hold the same time as Old Gilchrist.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Old Gilchrist?
- The time zone that applies to Old Gilchrist is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in Old Gilchrist?
- Yes.
- When does evening light leave Old Gilchrist?
- At 6:02 PM.