Prairie in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.1731, -89.9432
- Elevation
- 125 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1125 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Prairie, Illinois, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Prairie, Illinois, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Prairie, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Prairie
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Prairie keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:23 AM Solar noon 12:45 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 6:55 AM – 6:34 PM
Weather in Prairie right now
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Prairie and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 39756
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 Prairie
- Prairie Queensland, Australia
- Prairie Victoria, Australia
- Prairie South Australia, Australia
- Prairie Wallonia, Belgium
- Prairie Alabama, 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
- Grigg — 3.6 km
- Red Bud — 6.2 km
- Ruma — 6.4 km
- Baldwin — 8.9 km
- Evansville — 9.2 km
- Precinct 6 — 10.0 km
Local time details for Prairie
The sun shows itself over Prairie at 7:23 AM and sets at 6:07 PM today. That is 10 h 44 min of light.
Both Grigg and Red Bud are near Prairie and keep its time.
1 postal code describe the layout of Prairie.
The zone covering Prairie is called America/Chicago and stands at UTC−5. Seasonal clock changes apply: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Prairie based on?
- The clock in Prairie is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Prairie follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Prairie: Yes.
- How late does the sun set in Prairie?
- The last sunlight comes at 6:07 PM.