Ankeny in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7297, -93.6058
- Population
- 56 764
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1437 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ankeny, Iowa, United States
Watch the current local time in Ankeny, Iowa, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Ankeny, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ankeny
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Ankeny, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:46 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 10 h 26 min Night 13 h 34 min Civil twilight 7:18 AM – 6:41 PM
Weather in Ankeny right now
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Ankeny and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50021
- 50023
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 Ankeny
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
- Oralabor — 3.6 km
- Mel-Ray Mobile Home Park — 3.8 km
- Carney — 4.6 km
- Saylor Station — 5.5 km
- Polk County — 5.6 km
- Saylorville — 6.0 km
About the time in Ankeny
For Oralabor and Mel-Ray Mobile Home Park near Ankeny, the clock reads the same.
Coverage of Ankeny by postal code amounts to 2 entries.
Local clocks in Ankeny follow the America/Chicago zone, UTC−5. Do they shift for daylight saving? Yes.
The sun comes up over Ankeny at 7:46 AM today and drops below the horizon at 6:12 PM. That is 10 h 26 min between the two.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Ankeny?
- Use America/Chicago for Ankeny; its offset is −5.
- Should I expect a daylight saving change in Ankeny?
- Yes.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Ankeny today?
- Sunrise 7:46 AM, sunset 6:12 PM.