Local time · Springfield
What time is it in Springfield, Illinois?
3:47:07AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 112,949
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Springfield
Springfield is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Springfield sits at 39.79°N, 89.64°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Springfield.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Springfield it is highest at 11:42 am today — 18 minutes before clock noon.
At 89.6°W, Springfield sits almost exactly on Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.
Daylight in Springfield today
- Sunrise
- 6:41 am
- Sunset
- 4:44 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours
Today runs 10 hours 3 minutes in Springfield, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 39 minutes, from 15 hours at the June solstice down to 9 hours 21 minutes in December.
At 39.8°N that puts Springfield between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.