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What time is it in East Chicago, Indiana, United States

This page keeps the current time in East Chicago, Indiana, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−5).

East Chicago, United States

4:00:03 PM

Friday, 16 October 2026

UTC−5 · America/Chicago

Local time in East Chicago

UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active

Local time in East Chicago, Indiana.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:04 AM Solar noon 12:36 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 11 h 05 min Night 12 h 55 min Civil twilight 6:36 AM – 6:37 PM

Weather in East Chicago right now

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East Chicago and its neighbours

East Chicago at 41.6392, -87.4548 with the nearest towns within 6.7 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

46312

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.

East Chicago in numbers

Coordinates: 41.6392, -87.4548
Population: 28 699
Region: Indiana
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 934 km away

Largest cities in Indiana

Indianapolis 887 642
Fort Wayne 260 326
Evansville 119 943
South Bend 101 516
Carmel 88 713
Bloomington 84 067

Same time zone — America/Chicago

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Nearby places

Buffington — 2.4 km
Gibson — 3.8 km
Hessville — 4.9 km
Ivanhoe — 5.2 km
Pine — 5.3 km
Osborn — 5.3 km

About the time in East Chicago

Postal codes valid in East Chicago number 1.

The zone applied in East Chicago is America/Chicago with offset UTC−5. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.

At East Chicago the sun clears the horizon at 7:04 AM and sinks again at 6:09 PM. The gap between them is 11 h 05 min.

For nearby Buffington and Gibson, use the time shown for East Chicago.

Questions and answers

What time zone value is associated with East Chicago?: The value associated with East Chicago is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
Is daylight saving time something to watch for in East Chicago?: Yes.
What are the sunrise and sunset times in East Chicago?: Sunrise 7:04 AM, sunset 6:09 PM.