Ames in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.0347, -93.6199
- Population
- 65 060
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1443 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ames, Iowa, United States
Get the current local time in Ames, Iowa, United States, a location in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Ames, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ames
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Ames, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:40 AM Solar noon 1:00 PM Sunset 6:20 PM Daylight 10 h 40 min Night 13 h 20 min Civil twilight 7:11 AM – 6:48 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 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 Ames
- Ames Texas, United States
- Ames Texas, United States
- Ames Hauts-de-France, France
- Ames Oklahoma, United States
- Ames New York, 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
- Meadow Lane Mobile Home Park — 2.8 km
- Old Orchard Mobile Home Park — 3.1 km
- Bloomington — 3.6 km
- Shady Grove Mobile Home Park — 4.8 km
- Homestead Colony — 4.9 km
- Ontario — 5.1 km
About the time in Ames
Postal areas within Ames come to 7.
Ames lies in the America/Chicago time zone, offset UTC−5. Seasonal adjustment of clocks: Yes.
The sun rises today at 7:40 AM in Ames and sets at 6:20 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 40 min.
The hours shown for Ames apply equally in Meadow Lane Mobile Home Park and Old Orchard Mobile Home Park.
Questions and answers
- What is the local time zone in Ames?
- The local time zone in Ames is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is summer time in effect in Ames at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Ames: Yes.
- When is the sun down in Ames?
- The sun goes down at 6:20 PM.