Ames in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.0334, -86.8869
- Elevation
- 238 m above sea level
- Region
- Indiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 855 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ames, Indiana, United States
The page gives the present local time in Ames, Indiana, United States, whose time zone is America/Indiana/Indianapolis (−5).
Ames, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Local time in Ames
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Ames, Indiana.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:32 PM Sunset 5:44 PM Daylight 10 h 25 min Night 13 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 6:13 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 Indiana
- Indianapolis 887 642
- Fort Wayne 260 326
- Evansville 119 943
- South Bend 101 516
- Carmel 88 713
- Bloomington 84 067
Other places named Ames
- Ames Iowa, United States
- Ames Texas, United States
- Ames Texas, United States
- Ames Hauts-de-France, France
- Ames Oklahoma, United States
Same time zone — America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Indianapolis United States
Nearby places
- Montgomery County — 1.0 km
- Crawfordsville — 1.4 km
- Fiskville — 1.8 km
- Smartsburg — 5.2 km
- Manchester — 7.3 km
- North Union — 7.7 km
About the time in Ames
The zone covering Ames is called America/Indiana/Indianapolis and stands at UTC−5. Seasonal clock changes apply: No.
In Ames today the sun is out from 7:20 AM until 5:44 PM. That comes to 10 h 25 min of daylight.
Ames keeps the same time as its neighbours Montgomery County and Crawfordsville.
The postal system lists 7 codes for Ames.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone for Ames?
- The time zone for Ames is America/Indiana/Indianapolis, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time used in Ames?
- No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Ames?
- At 5:44 PM.