What time is it in Arlington Heights, Illinois?
7:05:09 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 75,596
Daylight saving in Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Arlington Heights sits at 42.10°N, 87.98°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Arlington Heights.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Arlington Heights it is highest at 12:43 pm today — 43 minutes after clock noon.
At 88.0°W, Arlington Heights sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Arlington Heights today
- Sunrise
- 6:42 am
- Sunset
- 6:44 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 15 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Arlington Heights, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 9 minutes, from 15 hours 15 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 6 minutes in December.
At 42.1°N that puts Arlington Heights between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.