What time is it in McHenry, Illinois?
7:03:44 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
- 28,825
Daylight saving in McHenry
McHenry is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
McHenry sits at 42.34°N, 88.29°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in McHenry.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over McHenry it is highest at 12:44 pm today — 44 minutes after clock noon.
At 88.3°W, McHenry sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in McHenry today
- Sunrise
- 6:44 am
- Sunset
- 6:45 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 17 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in McHenry, 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 McHenry between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.