What time is it in Freeport, Illinois?

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

Freeport sits at 42.29°N, 89.63°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Freeport.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Freeport it is highest at 12:50 pm today — 50 minutes after clock noon.

At 89.6°W, Freeport 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 Freeport, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 12 minutes, from 15 hours 17 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 5 minutes in December.

At 42.3°N that puts Freeport between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.