Raritan in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6959, -90.8274
- Elevation
- 232 m above sea level
- Population
- 132
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1194 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Raritan, Illinois, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Raritan, Illinois, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Raritan, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Raritan
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Raritan, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:33 AM Solar noon 12:48 PM Sunset 6:03 PM Daylight 10 h 29 min Night 13 h 31 min Civil twilight 7:05 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Raritan right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
Raritan and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08869
- 61471
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 Raritan
- Raritan New Jersey, 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
- Stronghurst — 8.6 km
- Media — 8.8 km
- Ellison (historical) — 9.7 km
- New Lancaster (historical) — 10.4 km
- Smithshire — 11.5 km
- Decorra — 12.5 km
About the time in Raritan
Mail addressed to Raritan uses 2 postal codes.
Raritan is on America/Chicago time, which corresponds to UTC−5. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
Daylight arrives in Raritan at 7:33 AM and departs at 6:03 PM. It lasts 10 h 29 min today.
The clock reading for Raritan covers nearby Stronghurst and Media as well.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Raritan?
- The time zone local to Raritan is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Raritan?
- Daylight saving time in Raritan: Yes.
- When does daylight begin in Raritan?
- Daylight begins at 7:33 AM.