Pekin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.5675, -89.6407
- Population
- 33 223
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1093 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Pekin, Illinois, United States
This page displays how late it is in Pekin, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Pekin, United States
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Pekin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Pekin, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 10 h 52 min Night 13 h 08 min Civil twilight 6:50 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Pekin right now
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Pekin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 47165
- 58361
- 61554
- 61555
- 61558
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 Pekin
- Pekin North Dakota, United States
- Pekín Pando, Bolivia
- Pekin Antioquia, Colombia
- Pekin Meta Department, Colombia
- Pekin Lara, Venezuela
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
- Schaeferville — 2.3 km
- Crescent — 3.1 km
- Pekin Heights — 3.9 km
- Hollis — 4.1 km
- Powerton — 4.6 km
- Tuscarora — 4.8 km
Local time details for Pekin
Delivery zones in Pekin are marked by 5 postal codes.
Pekin is on America/Chicago time, which corresponds to UTC−5. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise time for Pekin today is 7:18 AM; sunset time is 6:10 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 52 min.
The clock in nearby Schaeferville and Crescent follows Pekin.
Questions and answers
- Does Pekin use the America/Chicago time zone?
- Yes, Pekin uses America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do people in Pekin set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Pekin: Yes.
- When does the sun go down in Pekin?
- Sunset in Pekin is at 6:10 PM.