Rantoul in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.3084, -88.1559
- Elevation
- 227 m above sea level
- Population
- 13 008
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 965 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rantoul, Illinois, United States
This page shows local time in Rantoul, Illinois, United States as of this moment, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Rantoul, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rantoul
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Rantoul, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:15 AM Solar noon 12:38 PM Sunset 6:00 PM Daylight 10 h 45 min Night 13 h 15 min Civil twilight 6:47 AM – 6:28 PM
Weather in Rantoul right now
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Rantoul and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61866
- 66079
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 Rantoul
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
- Prospect — 5.0 km
- Dillsburg — 6.5 km
- Tomlinson — 6.6 km
- Thomasboro — 7.8 km
- Ludlow — 9.1 km
- Dewey — 10.8 km
Time and daylight in Rantoul
Rantoul operates with 2 postal codes.
Time in Rantoul runs on America/Chicago, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
In Rantoul the sun rises today at 7:15 AM and sets again at 6:00 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 45 min of the day.
Nothing changes on the clock between Rantoul and neighbouring Prospect or Dillsburg.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Rantoul?
- The time zone covering Rantoul is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do people in Rantoul set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Rantoul: Yes.
- When does the sun come up in Rantoul?
- Sunrise in Rantoul is at 7:15 AM.