Prentice in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.8570, -90.0437
- Elevation
- 192 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1122 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Prentice, Illinois, United States
What follows is the current local time in Prentice, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Prentice, United States
Sunday, 6 September 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Prentice
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Prentice keeps America/Chicago time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:34 AM Solar noon 1:00 PM Sunset 7:26 PM Daylight 12 h 52 min Night 11 h 08 min Civil twilight 6:07 AM – 7:53 PM
Weather in Prentice right now
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Prentice and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 54556
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 Prentice
- Prentice Wisconsin, 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
- Yatesville — 1.9 km
- Ashland — 4.6 km
- Jordanville (historical) — 4.6 km
- Gurney (historical) — 4.7 km
- Prentice-Sinclair — 5.8 km
- Sinclair — 9.0 km
Prentice: clock, sun and surroundings
Neighbouring Yatesville and Ashland sit in the same time as Prentice.
Prentice works with 1 postal code.
The applicable time zone for Prentice is America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Seasonal clock change applies: Yes.
Today at Prentice, the sun rises at 6:34 AM and sets at 7:26 PM. That gives 12 h 52 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Prentice?
- The designation used for Prentice is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Prentice change with daylight saving?
- Yes.
- When should I expect the sun to set in Prentice?
- Expect it at 7:26 PM.