Waukegan in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3636, -87.8448
- Population
- 88 475
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 989 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Waukegan, Illinois, United States
This page displays how late it is in Waukegan, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Waukegan, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Waukegan
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Waukegan, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:27 AM Solar noon 11:36 AM Sunset 4:45 PM Daylight 10 h 18 min Night 13 h 42 min Civil twilight 5:58 AM – 5:14 PM
Weather in Waukegan right now
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Waukegan and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60079
- 60085
- 60087
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 Waukegan
- Waukegan Texas, 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
- North Chicago — 4.2 km
- Gurnee — 4.8 km
- Wilson — 5.4 km
- Beach Station — 6.4 km
- Zion — 9.2 km
- Wadsworth — 9.7 km
Waukegan: clock, sun and surroundings
Daylight in Waukegan today runs from 6:27 AM to 4:45 PM. The stretch measures 10 h 18 min.
The clock does not change between Waukegan, North Chicago and Gurnee.
Waukegan is served by a set of 3 postal codes.
Clocks in Waukegan follow America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Chicago be used as the time zone for Waukegan?
- Yes, Waukegan uses America/Chicago, whose offset is −6.
- Does Waukegan switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Waukegan: No.
- When does evening light leave Waukegan?
- At 4:45 PM.