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Local time · Grayslake

What time is it in Grayslake, Illinois?

3:49:37AM

Friday, November 13, 2026Central Standard Time · UTC−6:00 · standard time
Time zone
CST
America/Chicago
UTC offset
−6:00
Standard is −6:00
Daylight saving
Not in force
Starts Sun, Mar 14
Population
21,262
City proper

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Daylight saving in Grayslake

Grayslake is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.

Grayslake sits at 42.34°N, 88.03°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Grayslake.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Grayslake it is highest at 11:36 am today — 24 minutes before clock noon.

At 88.0°W, Grayslake sits 8 minutes of solar time east of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 8 minutes before noon.

Daylight in Grayslake today

Sunrise
6:40 am
Sunset
4:32 pm
Day length
9 hours 51 minutes
Longest day
15 hours 17 minutes

Today runs 9 hours 51 minutes in Grayslake, and the day is getting shorter by 2 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 Grayslake between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.

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