What time is it in Carol Stream, Illinois?

Carol Stream is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Carol Stream sits at 41.92°N, 88.13°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Carol Stream.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Carol Stream it is highest at 12:44 pm today — 44 minutes after clock noon.

At 88.1°W, Carol Stream sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Carol Stream, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 7 minutes, from 15 hours 14 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 7 minutes in December.

At 41.9°N that puts Carol Stream between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.