Alta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.6736, -95.2906
- Elevation
- 454 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 883
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1590 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alta, Iowa, United States
Read off the current local time in Alta, Iowa, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Alta, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Alta
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Alta, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:50 AM Solar noon 1:06 PM Sunset 6:22 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 7:21 AM – 6:51 PM
Weather in Alta right now
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Alta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51002
- 83414
- 95701
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 Alta
- Alta Troms og Finnmark, Norway
- Alta Stockholm, Sweden
- Alta California, United States
- Alta Wyoming, United States
- Alta Utah, 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
- Vista Estates Mobile Home Park — 7.1 km
- Casino Beach — 7.5 km
- Storm Lake — 7.5 km
- Hanover — 10.0 km
- Truesdale — 10.8 km
- Lakeside — 11.2 km
Alta: clock, sun and surroundings
3 postal codes divide Alta.
Alta tells time by America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
The sun comes up over Alta at 7:50 AM today and drops below the horizon at 6:22 PM. That is 10 h 33 min between the two.
Alta and nearby Vista Estates Mobile Home Park and Casino Beach are never an hour apart.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Alta?
- The entry corresponding to Alta is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Alta?
- Daylight saving in Alta: Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in Alta?
- In Alta the sun rises at 7:50 AM.