Ottawa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.3456, -88.8426
- Population
- 18 342
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1039 km away
- Same name
- 15 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ottawa, Illinois, United States
Learn the current time in Ottawa, Illinois, United States, a place in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Ottawa, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ottawa
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Ottawa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:22 AM Solar noon 12:40 PM Sunset 5:59 PM Daylight 10 h 37 min Night 13 h 23 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in Ottawa right now
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Ottawa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 25149
- 45875
- 61350
- 66067
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 Ottawa
- Ottawa Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Kansas, United States
- Ottawa Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast
- Ottawa Ohio, United States
- Ottawa Central Java, Indonesia
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
- South Ottawa (historical) — 1.6 km
- Naplate — 3.3 km
- Hitt — 3.4 km
- Lasalle County — 3.6 km
- Stoneyville — 4.6 km
- Woodland Addition — 5.2 km
Local time details for Ottawa
Sunrise today is 7:22 AM in Ottawa, with sunset at 5:59 PM. That works out to 10 h 37 min of light.
Clocks in South Ottawa (historical) and Naplate read the same as clocks in Ottawa.
Ottawa accounts for 4 postal codes.
Local time in Ottawa is governed by America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches Ottawa?
- The time zone setting that matches Ottawa is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is the hour in Ottawa changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- Yes.
- What time does the sun rise in Ottawa?
- The sun rises in Ottawa at 7:22 AM.