What time is it in Chicago Heights, Illinois?
7:04:42 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
- 26,533
Daylight saving in Chicago Heights
Chicago 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.
Chicago Heights sits at 41.51°N, 87.63°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Chicago Heights.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Chicago Heights it is highest at 12:42 pm today — 42 minutes after clock noon.
At 87.6°W, Chicago Heights sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Chicago Heights today
- Sunrise
- 6:41 am
- Sunset
- 6:42 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 11 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Chicago Heights, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 1 minute, from 15 hours 11 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 10 minutes in December.
At 41.5°N that puts Chicago Heights between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.