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What time is it in West Frankfort, Illinois, United States

This page shows local time in West Frankfort, Illinois, United States as of this moment, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).

West Frankfort, United States

4:29:25 AM

Saturday, 17 October 2026

UTC−5 · America/Chicago

Local time in West Frankfort

UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active

What the clock shows right now in West Frankfort.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:42 PM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 11 h 10 min Night 12 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:40 AM – 6:44 PM

Weather in West Frankfort right now

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West Frankfort and its neighbours

West Frankfort at 37.8978, -88.9315 with the nearest towns within 8.5 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

62896

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.

West Frankfort in numbers

Coordinates: 37.8978, -88.9315
Elevation: 122 m above sea level
Population: 8 067
Region: Illinois
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 1042 km away
Same name: 1 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Illinois

Chicago 2 664 452
Aurora 200 661
Rockford 148 278
Joliet 147 861
Naperville 147 100
Peoria 115 070

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Nearby places

Frankfort — 2.6 km
Pershing — 3.6 km
Deering City — 4.0 km
Orient — 4.6 km
Jenkins — 4.9 km
Cambon — 5.8 km

Time and daylight in West Frankfort

1 postal code is in use across West Frankfort.

West Frankfort sits in the America/Chicago time zone, which runs at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.

Sunlight reaches West Frankfort at 7:07 AM and fades after 6:17 PM today. The span is 11 h 10 min.

West Frankfort and nearby Frankfort and Pershing are never an hour apart.

Questions and answers

What is the correct time zone for West Frankfort?: The correct time zone for West Frankfort is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
Does West Frankfort go on summer time?: Daylight saving in West Frankfort: Yes.
What time does the sun set in West Frankfort?: The sun sets in West Frankfort at 6:17 PM.