What time is it in Highland Park, Illinois?

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

Highland Park sits at 42.18°N, 87.81°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Highland Park.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Highland Park it is highest at 12:42 pm today — 42 minutes after clock noon.

At 87.8°W, Highland Park sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Highland Park, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 10 minutes, from 15 hours 16 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 6 minutes in December.

At 42.2°N that puts Highland Park between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.