What time is it in Batavia, Illinois?
7:52:28 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
- 26,555
Daylight saving in Batavia
Batavia is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Batavia sits at 41.85°N, 88.31°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Batavia.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Batavia it is highest at 12:44 pm today — 44 minutes after clock noon.
At 88.3°W, Batavia sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Batavia today
- Sunrise
- 6:44 am
- Sunset
- 6:45 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 13 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Batavia, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 6 minutes, from 15 hours 13 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 8 minutes in December.
At 41.8°N that puts Batavia between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.