What time is it in DeKalb, Illinois?

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

DeKalb sits at 41.93°N, 88.75°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in DeKalb.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over DeKalb it is highest at 12:46 pm today — 46 minutes after clock noon.

At 88.7°W, DeKalb sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in DeKalb, 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 DeKalb between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.