Allen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.8050, -95.8186
- Elevation
- 425 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1621 km away
- Same name
- 33 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Allen, Iowa, United States
This page carries the current local time for Allen, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Allen, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Allen
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Allen, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:54 AM Solar noon 1:08 PM Sunset 6:22 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 7:25 AM – 6:51 PM
Weather in Allen right now
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Allen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21810
- 41601
- 49227
- 57714
- 66833
- 68710
- 74825
- 75002
- 75013
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 Iowa
- Des Moines 214 133
- Cedar Rapids 130 405
- Davenport 102 582
- Sioux City 82 821
- Iowa City 74 220
- Waterloo 68 460
Other places named Allen
- Allen Texas, United States
- Allen Rio Negro, Argentina
- Allen Eastern Visayas, Philippines
- Allen Oklahoma, United States
- Allen South Dakota, 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
- Pisgah — 9.3 km
- Woodbine — 12.1 km
- Echo — 12.4 km
- Magnolia — 13.1 km
- Moorhead — 13.3 km
- Willett — 13.4 km
About the time in Allen
Allen reads its time from America/Chicago, placed at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
The sun is up at 7:54 AM in Allen and down again at 6:22 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 28 min of daylight.
The hours shown for Allen apply equally in Pisgah and Woodbine.
Allen includes 9 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Can you tell me the time zone for Allen?
- Allen is in America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Allen shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Allen?
- Sunrise there is at 7:54 AM.