Wakefield in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8400, -88.2439
- Elevation
- 150 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 970 km away
- Same name
- 41 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Wakefield, Illinois, United States
See what time it currently is in Wakefield, Illinois, United States — the time zone there is America/Chicago (−5).
Wakefield, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Wakefield
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Wakefield keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:04 AM Solar noon 12:40 PM Sunset 6:15 PM Daylight 11 h 11 min Night 12 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:37 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in Wakefield right now
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Wakefield and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01880
- 02879
- 02880
- 23888
- 45687
- 49968
- 67487
- 68784
- 70784
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 Wakefield
- Wakefield England, United Kingdom
- Wakefield New York, United States
- Wakefield Massachusetts, United States
- Wakefield New Hampshire, United States
- Wakefield Trelawny Parish, Jamaica
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
- Wendelin — 2.6 km
- Passport — 5.6 km
- Shamrock — 7.5 km
- Ingraham — 7.8 km
- Bogota — 8.7 km
- Wilsonburg (historical) — 8.9 km
Time and daylight in Wakefield
Addressing within Wakefield draws on 9 postal codes.
Wakefield is placed in America/Chicago, and its offset from UTC is −5. Daylight saving observed here: Yes.
The sun is up at 7:04 AM in Wakefield and down again at 6:15 PM. Between those times there are 11 h 11 min of daylight.
Nearby places that share Wakefield's clock include Wendelin and Passport.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Wakefield uses?
- Wakefield uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Wakefield?
- Yes.
- When does daylight end in Wakefield?
- Daylight ends at 6:15 PM.