Jefferson County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.1758, -97.1427
- Region
- Nebraska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1726 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States
Read off the current local time in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Jefferson County, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Jefferson County
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Jefferson County keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:56 AM Solar noon 1:13 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 7:28 AM – 6:59 PM
Weather in Jefferson County right now
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Jefferson County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 68352 Fairbury — 4.6 km away
- 68377 Jansen — 10.6 km away
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 Nebraska
Other places named Jefferson County
- Jefferson County Alabama, United States
- Jefferson County Arkansas, United States
- Jefferson County Colorado, United States
- Jefferson County Florida, United States
- Jefferson County Georgia, 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
- Jansen — 5.1 km
- Fairbury — 5.4 km
- Hedrix — 9.0 km
- Bower (historical) — 10.1 km
- Endicott — 11.0 km
- Powell — 13.1 km
About the time in Jefferson County
Time in Jefferson County runs on America/Chicago, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:56 AM in Jefferson County today and sunset at 6:31 PM. That marks 10 h 36 min of daylight.
The local time of Jefferson County is shared by neighbouring Jansen and Fairbury.
Jefferson County takes in 2 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Jefferson County follow?
- Jefferson County follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Jefferson County follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Jefferson County: Yes.
- How late does the sun set in Jefferson County?
- The last sunlight comes at 6:31 PM.