Saint Elmo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.0273, -88.8481
- Elevation
- 189 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 426
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1021 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Saint Elmo, Illinois, United States
Get the current local time in Saint Elmo, Illinois, United States, a location in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Saint Elmo, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Saint Elmo
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Saint Elmo.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:40 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 10 h 49 min Night 13 h 11 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 6:32 PM
Weather in Saint Elmo right now
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Saint Elmo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 36568
- 62458
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 Saint Elmo
- Saint Elmo Alabama, United States
- Saint Elmo Kentucky, United States
- Saint Elmo Louisiana, United States
- Saint Elmo Louisiana, United States
- Saint Elmo Michigan, 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
- Howards Point (historical) — 1.1 km
- Pruett — 6.8 km
- Avena — 7.2 km
- Magnolia Corner — 7.5 km
- Saint James — 8.1 km
- Post Oak — 8.8 km
Time and daylight in Saint Elmo
Saint Elmo has 2 postal codes in total.
Saint Elmo sits in the America/Chicago time zone, which runs at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise falls at 7:16 AM today in Saint Elmo, with the sun setting at 6:05 PM. That leaves 10 h 49 min of light.
Check Saint Elmo and you have also checked Howards Point (historical) and Pruett.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Saint Elmo labeled?
- The time zone for Saint Elmo is labeled America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Saint Elmo stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Saint Elmo: Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Saint Elmo?
- The hour is 6:05 PM.