What time is it in Peoria, Illinois?

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

Peoria sits at 40.75°N, 89.62°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Peoria.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Peoria it is highest at 12:50 pm today — 50 minutes after clock noon.

At 89.6°W, Peoria sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Peoria, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 51 minutes, from 15 hours 6 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 15 minutes in December.

At 40.8°N that puts Peoria between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.