Canton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.1633, -90.8957
- Elevation
- 223 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1225 km away
- Same name
- 45 more places in the world share this name
Current local time for Canton, Iowa, United States is listed here, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Canton, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Canton
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Canton, Iowa.
Sunrise 6:39 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 4:58 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:10 AM – 5:27 PM
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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.
The register holds 12 postal codes for Canton.
Clocks in Canton take America/Chicago as their zone, reading UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Today the sun rises over Canton at 6:39 AM and sets at 4:58 PM. That is 10 h 19 min of daylight in all.
The clock in nearby East Canton and Ozark (historical) follows Canton.