Prairie City in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6212, -90.4621
- Elevation
- 204 m above sea level
- Population
- 367
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1162 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Prairie City, Illinois, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Prairie City, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Prairie City, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Prairie City
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Prairie City keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:15 AM Solar noon 12:48 PM Sunset 6:22 PM Daylight 11 h 07 min Night 12 h 53 min Civil twilight 6:47 AM – 6:50 PM
Weather in Prairie City right now
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Prairie City and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50228
- 57649
- 61470
- 97869
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 City
- Prairie City Iowa, United States
- Prairie City Oregon, United States
- Prairie City South Dakota, United States
- Prairie City California, United States
- Prairie City 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
- Manley — 5.2 km
- Avon — 5.3 km
- Virgil (historical) — 5.5 km
- Walnut Grove — 8.2 km
- Bushnell — 8.5 km
- Babylon — 10.1 km
Prairie City: clock, sun and surroundings
There is no time difference between Prairie City and nearby Manley or Avon.
Addressing within Prairie City draws on 4 postal codes.
The zone that governs Prairie City is America/Chicago at UTC−5. Whether the clocks move seasonally: Yes.
Today's times for Prairie City: the sun is up at 7:15 AM and down at 6:22 PM. That means 11 h 07 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Where does Prairie City fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Prairie City falls within America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is the time in Prairie City adjusted seasonally?
- Yes.
- At what time is the sun setting in Prairie City?
- The sun is setting at 6:22 PM.