What time is it in Oak Lawn, Illinois?

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

Oak Lawn sits at 41.71°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 Lawn.

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

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

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Oak Lawn, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 4 minutes, from 15 hours 12 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 9 minutes in December.

At 41.7°N that puts Oak Lawn between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.