What time is it in Des Plaines, Illinois?

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

Des Plaines sits at 42.03°N, 87.90°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Des Plaines.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Des Plaines it is highest at 12:43 pm today — 43 minutes after clock noon.

At 87.9°W, Des Plaines sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Des Plaines, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 8 minutes, from 15 hours 15 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 7 minutes in December.

At 42.0°N that puts Des Plaines between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.