River Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.8978, -87.8139
- Elevation
- 192 m above sea level
- Population
- 11 199
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 971 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in River Forest, Illinois, United States
The time you see here is the local time in River Forest, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
River Forest, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in River Forest
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in River Forest, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:27 AM Solar noon 11:36 AM Sunset 4:45 PM Daylight 10 h 18 min Night 13 h 42 min Civil twilight 5:58 AM – 5:14 PM
Weather in River Forest right now
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River Forest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60305
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 River Forest
- River Forest Indiana, United States
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- River Forest Illinois, United States
- River Forest South Carolina, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Samuel A Rothermel Houses — 1.7 km
- Maywood — 3.2 km
- Austin — 4.2 km
- Broadview — 5.0 km
- Hines — 5.4 km
- Cragin — 5.4 km
Local time details for River Forest
Today, River Forest has first light at 6:27 AM and last light at 4:45 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 18 min.
The time in River Forest is also the time in nearby Samuel A Rothermel Houses and Maywood.
1 postal code describe the layout of River Forest.
River Forest tells time by America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for River Forest?
- Select America/Chicago for River Forest; the offset is −6.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in River Forest?
- No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in River Forest today?
- Sunrise 6:27 AM, sunset 4:45 PM.