Shale City in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.2198, -90.6407
- Elevation
- 220 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1185 km away
What time is it in Shale City, Illinois, United States
Watch the current local time in Shale City, Illinois, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Shale City, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Shale City
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Shale City, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:42 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 4:53 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 5:22 PM
Weather in Shale City right now
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Shale City and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61486 Viola — 4.4 km away
- 61263 Matherville — 5.0 km away
- 61231 Aledo — 8.7 km away
- 61276 Preemption — 10.0 km away
- 61279 Reynolds — 12.0 km away
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
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
- Wanlock — 1.3 km
- Old Gilchrist — 1.8 km
- Gilchrist — 2.1 km
- Viola — 4.9 km
- Matherville — 5.2 km
- Boden — 6.2 km
Time and daylight in Shale City
Wanlock and Old Gilchrist, both nearby, hold the same time as Shale City.
Shale City is split into 5 postal code areas.
The zone name for Shale City is America/Chicago and the offset is UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
In Shale City the sun rises today at 6:42 AM and sets again at 4:53 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 11 min of the day.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Shale City?
- The time zone that applies to Shale City is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Shale City?
- Daylight saving time in Shale City: No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Shale City — what times?
- 6:42 AM and 4:53 PM.