What time is it in Grayslake, Illinois?
7:04:19 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
- 21,262
Daylight saving in Grayslake
Grayslake is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 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 Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Grayslake it is highest at 12:43 pm today — 43 minutes after clock noon.
At 88.0°W, Grayslake sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Grayslake today
- Sunrise
- 6:43 am
- Sunset
- 6:44 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 17 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Grayslake, 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 Grayslake between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.