Thomson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.9589, -90.0993
- Elevation
- 183 m above sea level
- Population
- 562
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1156 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
Local time right now in Thomson, Illinois, United States appears above, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Thomson, United States
Friday, 13 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Thomson
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Thomson keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
Sunrise 6:49 AM Solar noon 11:46 AM Sunset 4:43 PM Daylight 9 h 54 min Night 14 h 06 min Civil twilight 6:19 AM – 5:13 PM
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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.
Sunrise time for Thomson today is 6:49 AM; sunset time is 4:43 PM. Daylight fills 9 h 54 min.
You will find the same time in Ebner and Elk River Junction, both near Thomson.
The postal breakdown of Thomson runs to 2 codes.
Local time in Thomson is governed by America/Chicago at UTC−6. Daylight saving observed: No.