Pontiac in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.5873, -89.9848
- Elevation
- 176 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1123 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Pontiac, Illinois, United States
This page shows local time in Pontiac, Illinois, United States as of this moment, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Pontiac, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Pontiac
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Pontiac keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:28 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 5:02 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 6:00 AM – 5:29 PM
Weather in Pontiac right now
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Pontiac and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 48340
- 48341
- 48342
- 48343
- 61764
- 65729
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 Pontiac
- Pontiac Michigan, United States
- Pontiac Illinois, United States
- Pontiac Missouri, United States
- Pontiac Quebec, Canada
- Pontiac Indiana, 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
- Fairview Heights — 0.5 km
- Capitol Oaks — 1.5 km
- Crossroads — 1.7 km
- Furman — 2.2 km
- Carbon — 4.0 km
- Glenview — 4.1 km
About the time in Pontiac
Fairview Heights and Capitol Oaks, both nearby, hold the same time as Pontiac.
6 postal codes are current for Pontiac.
Clocks in Pontiac take America/Chicago as their zone, reading UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Expect sunrise at 6:28 AM and sunset at 5:02 PM in Pontiac today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 34 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for Pontiac?
- The time zone label used for Pontiac is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Pontiac?
- Daylight saving time in Pontiac: No.
- How early does the sun rise in Pontiac?
- The first sunlight comes at 6:28 AM.