Sheldon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.7692, -87.5639
- Elevation
- 208 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 024
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 922 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sheldon, Illinois, United States
See the local time in Sheldon, Illinois, United States right now, measured in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Sheldon, United States
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Sheldon
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Sheldon, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:09 AM Solar noon 12:36 PM Sunset 6:03 PM Daylight 10 h 54 min Night 13 h 06 min Civil twilight 6:41 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Sheldon right now
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Sheldon and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05483
- 29941
- 51201
- 54766
- 58068
- 60966
- 64784
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 Sheldon
- Sheldon Iowa, United States
- Sheldon Texas, United States
- Sheldon Queensland, Australia
- Sheldon Missouri, United States
- Sheldon Wisconsin, 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
Time and daylight in Sheldon
Effner and Webster are near Sheldon and do not differ from it in time.
The area of Sheldon is divided into 7 postal codes.
Time in Sheldon runs on America/Chicago, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
In Sheldon the sun appears at 7:09 AM and disappears at 6:03 PM today. Daylight stretches 10 h 54 min.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Sheldon listed?
- The time zone in Sheldon is listed as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do people in Sheldon set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Sheldon: Yes.
- When does evening light leave Sheldon?
- At 6:03 PM.