Brainard in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.9308, -91.7052
- Elevation
- 281 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1310 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Brainard, Iowa, United States
On this page you will find the exact local time in Brainard, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Brainard, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Brainard
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Brainard keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:32 AM Solar noon 12:52 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 10 h 40 min Night 13 h 20 min Civil twilight 7:03 AM – 6:41 PM
Weather in Brainard right now
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Brainard and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12024
- 68626
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.
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- 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 Brainard
- Brainard Nebraska, United States
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Same time zone — America/Chicago
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About the time in Brainard
Brainard gets its sunrise at 7:32 AM and its sunset at 6:12 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 40 min.
The hours shown for Brainard apply equally in Illyria and Elgin.
Addressing within Brainard draws on 2 postal codes.
For Brainard the applicable zone is America/Chicago, running UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Brainard?
- The clock in Brainard follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Are clocks put forward for daylight saving in Brainard?
- Yes.
- What time does the day start in Brainard?
- The sun rises at 7:32 AM.