Shafter in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.0137, -89.1851
- Elevation
- 171 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1050 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shafter, Illinois, United States
This page carries the current local time for Shafter, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Shafter, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Shafter
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Shafter keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:42 PM Sunset 6:04 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Shafter right now
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Shafter and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 93263
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 Shafter
- Shafter California, United States
- Shafter California, United States
- Shafter Kentucky, United States
- Shafter Missouri, United States
- Shafter Nevada, 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
- Jimtown — 3.7 km
- Vera — 6.6 km
- Hagarstown — 7.9 km
- Van Burensburg — 8.5 km
- Vandalia — 9.9 km
- Bayle City — 11.3 km
Shafter: clock, sun and surroundings
In Shafter, today's sun rises at 7:20 AM and sets at 6:04 PM. Light stays for 10 h 44 min.
The hours shown for Shafter apply equally in Jimtown and Vera.
Shafter has 1 postal code in total.
Time zone for Shafter: America/Chicago, running at UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Shafter use?
- Shafter uses America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Does Shafter switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Shafter: Yes.
- What time is sunset in Shafter?
- It is 6:04 PM.