What time is it in Danville, Illinois?

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

Danville sits at 40.14°N, 87.61°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Danville.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Danville it is highest at 12:42 pm today — 42 minutes after clock noon.

At 87.6°W, Danville sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Danville, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 43 minutes, from 15 hours 2 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 19 minutes in December.

At 40.1°N that puts Danville between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.