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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 (−6).

East Chicago, United States

Sunday, 8 November 2026

UTC−6 · America/Chicago

Local time in East Chicago

UTC−6 · no daylight saving time

Local time in East Chicago, Indiana.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:31 AM Solar noon 11:35 AM Sunset 4:38 PM Daylight 10 h 07 min Night 13 h 53 min Civil twilight 6:02 AM – 5:07 PM

Weather in East Chicago right now

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East Chicago and its neighbours

Buffington Gibson Ivanhoe Pine Whiting Calumet City Woodmar East Chicago
East Chicago at 41.6392, -87.4548 with the nearest towns within 6.7 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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

Same time zone — America/Chicago

Nearby places

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−6. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.

At East Chicago the sun clears the horizon at 6:31 AM and sinks again at 4:38 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 07 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 −6.
Is daylight saving time something to watch for in East Chicago?
No.
What are the sunrise and sunset times in East Chicago?
Sunrise 6:31 AM, sunset 4:38 PM.

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