United States
Time now in Fairfield
Sunrise 06:06Sunset 07:45Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
5,255
Sunrise
06:06
Sunset
07:45
Day length
13h 39m
Coordinates
42.22, -88.06
Time difference from Fairfield
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About the time in Fairfield
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Fairfield day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 14:00–22:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Around 5,255 people live in Fairfield, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Fairfield runs on America/Chicago, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Frequently asked questions about time in Fairfield
- What time is it in Fairfield right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Fairfield, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- When do the sun rise and set in Fairfield today?
- Sunrise is at 06:06 and sunset at 07:45, giving 13h 39m of daylight.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Chicago, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Fairfield in?
- Fairfield uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
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