Southern in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.6366, -88.9959
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1053 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Southern, Illinois, United States
Below is the local time in Southern, Illinois, United States, kept in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Southern, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Southern
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Southern, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:41 PM Sunset 6:04 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Southern right now
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Southern and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 62939 Goreville — 7.4 km away
- 62959 Marion — 11.5 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
Other places named Southern
- Southern Southern District, Hong Kong
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
- Neilson — 3.2 km
- Chamness (historical) — 4.5 km
- Kelleys — 4.9 km
- Wolf Creek — 5.1 km
- Hudgens — 5.3 km
- Woodland Hills — 5.6 km
About the time in Southern
2 postal codes have been allocated to Southern.
The time zone here in Southern is America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
First light in Southern comes at 7:18 AM today; darkness returns after 6:04 PM. The day gives 10 h 46 min of light.
Southern, Neilson and Chamness (historical) all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Southern follow?
- Southern follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is there any clock change for daylight saving in Southern?
- Daylight saving in Southern: Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Southern?
- Today the sun rises at 7:18 AM.