Elgin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.0045, -96.2767
- Elevation
- 239 m above sea level
- Population
- 89
- Region
- Kansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1697 km away
- Same name
- 33 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Elgin, Kansas, United States
Watch the current local time in Elgin, Kansas, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Elgin, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Elgin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Elgin.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:48 AM Solar noon 1:10 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 7:21 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in Elgin right now
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Elgin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 16413
- 29045
- 37732
- 45838
- 52141
- 55932
- 58533
- 60120
- 60121
- 60122
- 60123
- 60124
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 Kansas
- Wichita 396 119
- Overland Park 186 515
- Kansas City 152 933
- Olathe 134 305
- Topeka 125 963
- Lawrence 93 917
Other places named Elgin
- Elgin Illinois, United States
- Elgin Scotland, United Kingdom
- Elgin Texas, United States
- Elgin Oklahoma, United States
- Elgin South Carolina, 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
- Boulangerville — 7.4 km
- Boulanger Landing — 7.8 km
- Chautauqua — 9.1 km
- Hewins — 12.4 km
- Layton — 14.5 km
- Wauneta — 15.2 km
Time and daylight in Elgin
Today in Elgin the sun appears at 7:48 AM and sets again at 6:31 PM. Daylight holds for 10 h 43 min.
Whatever the hour in Elgin, it is the same in Boulangerville and Boulanger Landing.
The postal system lists 12 codes for Elgin.
Elgin belongs to the America/Chicago zone, placing local clocks at UTC−5. Summer time adjustment: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Chicago be used as the time zone for Elgin?
- Yes, Elgin uses America/Chicago, whose offset is −5.
- Does Elgin use summer time?
- Yes.
- Which time marks sunset in Elgin?
- 6:31 PM marks sunset.