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Local time · Bloomington

What time is it in Bloomington, Illinois?

3:48:50AM

Friday, November 13, 2026Central Standard Time · UTC−6:00 · standard time
Time zone
CST
America/Chicago
UTC offset
−6:00
Standard is −6:00
Daylight saving
Not in force
Starts Sun, Mar 14
Population
79,232
City proper

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Daylight saving in Bloomington

Bloomington is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.

Bloomington sits at 40.48°N, 88.97°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bloomington.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Bloomington it is highest at 11:40 am today — 20 minutes before clock noon.

At 89.0°W, Bloomington sits almost exactly on Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.

Daylight in Bloomington today

Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
4:40 pm
Day length
10 hours
Longest day
15 hours 4 minutes

Today runs 10 hours in Bloomington, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 47 minutes, from 15 hours 4 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 17 minutes in December.

At 40.5°N that puts Bloomington between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.

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