What time is it in Zion, Illinois?
7:53:00 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
- 24,583
Daylight saving in Zion
Zion is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Zion sits at 42.46°N, 87.85°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Zion.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Zion it is highest at 12:43 pm today — 43 minutes after clock noon.
At 87.9°W, Zion sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Zion today
- Sunrise
- 6:42 am
- Sunset
- 6:43 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 18 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Zion, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 14 minutes, from 15 hours 18 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 4 minutes in December.
At 42.5°N that puts Zion between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.