Shannon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.1548, -89.7398
- Elevation
- 279 m above sea level
- Population
- 712
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1132 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shannon, Illinois, United States
See the local time in Shannon, Illinois, United States right now, measured in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Shannon, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Shannon
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Shannon, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:23 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 6:54 AM – 6:34 PM
Weather in Shannon right now
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Shannon and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28386
- 30172
- 35142
- 38868
- 61078
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 Shannon
- Shannon Munster, Ireland
- Shannon Quebec, Canada
- Shannon Georgia, United States
- Shannon Mississippi, United States
- Shannon Georgia, 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
- Kittredge — 4.0 km
- Zier Cors — 6.9 km
- Georgetown — 7.5 km
- Harper — 7.8 km
- Florence — 9.4 km
- Lanark — 9.7 km
Local time details for Shannon
First light in Shannon comes at 7:23 AM today; darkness returns after 6:05 PM. The day gives 10 h 42 min of light.
Close to Shannon, the towns of Kittredge and Zier Cors show the same time.
The number of postal codes covering Shannon is 5.
The zone covering Shannon is called America/Chicago and stands at UTC−5. Seasonal clock changes apply: Yes.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Shannon labeled?
- The time zone for Shannon is labeled America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Shannon keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Shannon: Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Shannon?
- At 6:05 PM.