What time is it in Dolton, Illinois?
7:03:49 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
- 20,697
Daylight saving in Dolton
Dolton is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Dolton sits at 41.63°N, 87.60°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Dolton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Dolton it is highest at 12:41 pm today — 41 minutes after clock noon.
At 87.6°W, Dolton sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Dolton today
- Sunrise
- 6:41 am
- Sunset
- 6:42 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 12 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Dolton, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 3 minutes, from 15 hours 12 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 9 minutes in December.
At 41.6°N that puts Dolton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.