Ames in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.5748, -93.2171
- Elevation
- 73 m above sea level
- Region
- Arkansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1564 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ames, Arkansas, United States
Local time right now in Ames, Arkansas, United States appears above, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Ames, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ames
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Ames keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:29 AM Solar noon 12:58 PM Sunset 6:26 PM Daylight 10 h 57 min Night 13 h 03 min Civil twilight 7:04 AM – 6:52 PM
Weather in Ames right now
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Ames and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50010
- 50011
- 50012
- 50013
- 50014
- 68621
- 73718
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Arkansas
- Little Rock 202 591
- Fort Smith 88 194
- Fayetteville 82 830
- Springdale 77 859
- Jonesboro 73 907
- North Little Rock 66 504
Other places named Ames
- Ames Iowa, United States
- Ames Texas, United States
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- Ames Hauts-de-France, France
- Ames Oklahoma, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
About the time in Ames
Postal codes in Ames number 7.
Clocks in Ames are set by America/Chicago and read UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today Ames sees sunrise at 7:29 AM, sunset at 6:26 PM. Daylight comes out to 10 h 57 min.
The time given for Ames holds for nearby Young and Oak Grove too.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Ames?
- America/Chicago corresponds to Ames and has an offset of −5.
- Is summer time applied in Ames?
- Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Ames?
- Sunrise is at 7:29 AM and sunset at 6:26 PM.