Gary in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.5934, -87.3464
- Population
- 77 156
- Region
- Indiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 924 km away
- Same name
- 15 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gary, Indiana, United States
Right now in Gary, Indiana, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Gary, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Gary
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Gary.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:11 AM Solar noon 12:35 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in Gary right now
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Gary and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24836
- 46401
- 46402
- 46403
- 46404
- 46406
- 46407
- 46408
- 46409
- 56545
- 57237
- 75643
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 Indiana
- Indianapolis 887 642
- Fort Wayne 260 326
- Evansville 119 943
- South Bend 101 516
- Carmel 88 713
- Bloomington 84 067
Other places named Gary
- Gary West Virginia, United States
- Gary South Dakota, United States
- Gary Minnesota, United States
- Gary Nuevo León, Mexico
- Gary Colorado, 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
- Aetna — 4.7 km
- Black Oak — 5.0 km
- Pine — 5.3 km
- Glen Park — 5.8 km
- Duneland Village — 6.2 km
- Liverpool — 6.3 km
Gary: clock, sun and surroundings
Sunrise today in Gary lands at 7:11 AM; sunset lands at 5:58 PM. That is 10 h 47 min of light.
Neighbouring places Aetna and Black Oak run on Gary time.
Gary has 12 postal codes in total.
Gary adheres to America/Chicago, a UTC−5 offset. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Gary?
- Gary is assigned to the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Gary switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Gary: Yes.
- When does light leave Gary?
- Light leaves at 5:58 PM.