Watson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.0253, -88.5698
- Elevation
- 171 m above sea level
- Population
- 745
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 997 km away
- Same name
- 38 more places in the world share this name
Learn the current time in Watson, Illinois, United States, a place in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Watson, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Watson
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Watson, Illinois.
Sunrise 6:31 AM Solar noon 11:39 AM Sunset 4:48 PM Daylight 10 h 17 min Night 13 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:02 AM – 5:16 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.
Today's times for Watson: the sun is up at 6:31 AM and down at 4:48 PM. That means 10 h 17 min of daylight.
The clock in nearby Heartville and Effingham County follows Watson.
7 distinct postal codes apply to Watson.
Watson is placed in America/Chicago, and its offset from UTC is −6. Daylight saving observed here: No.