What time is it in West Chicago, Illinois?
7:04:33 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
- 25,469
Daylight saving in West Chicago
West Chicago is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
West Chicago sits at 41.89°N, 88.22°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in West Chicago.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over West Chicago it is highest at 12:44 pm today — 44 minutes after clock noon.
At 88.2°W, West Chicago sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in West Chicago today
- Sunrise
- 6:43 am
- Sunset
- 6:45 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 14 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in West Chicago, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 6 minutes, from 15 hours 14 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 7 minutes in December.
At 41.9°N that puts West Chicago between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.