Local time · Oak Forest
What time is it in Oak Forest, Illinois?
3:49:03AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 26,813
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Oak Forest
Oak Forest is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Oak Forest sits at 41.61°N, 87.75°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Oak Forest.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Oak Forest it is highest at 11:35 am today — 25 minutes before clock noon.
At 87.8°W, Oak Forest sits 9 minutes of solar time east of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 9 minutes before noon.
Daylight in Oak Forest today
- Sunrise
- 6:37 am
- Sunset
- 4:32 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 55 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 12 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 55 minutes in Oak Forest, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 2 minutes, from 15 hours 12 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 9 minutes in December.
At 41.6°N that puts Oak Forest between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.