Rensselaer in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.9367, -87.1509
- Elevation
- 202 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 927
- Region
- Indiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 891 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rensselaer, Indiana, United States
Watch the current local time in Rensselaer, Indiana, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Rensselaer, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rensselaer
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Rensselaer keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:29 AM Solar noon 11:34 AM Sunset 4:38 PM Daylight 10 h 10 min Night 13 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:00 AM – 5:07 PM
Weather in Rensselaer right now
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Rensselaer and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12144
- 47978
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 Rensselaer
- Rensselaer New York, United States
- Rensselaer Missouri, 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
- Collegeville — 2.8 km
- South Marion — 3.4 km
- North Marion — 3.8 km
- Pleasant Ridge — 6.5 km
- Surrey — 8.0 km
- Egypt — 9.7 km
Time and daylight in Rensselaer
Addressing within Rensselaer draws on 2 postal codes.
Rensselaer works to America/Chicago time, set at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
The sun will rise at 6:29 AM and set at 4:38 PM in Rensselaer today. Daylight amounts to 10 h 10 min.
Rensselaer, Collegeville and South Marion all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- Does Rensselaer use the America/Chicago time zone?
- Yes, Rensselaer uses America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is the hour in Rensselaer changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- No.
- What time does the day end in Rensselaer?
- The sun sets at 4:38 PM.