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What time is it in Canton, Iowa, United States

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.

The sun today

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

Weather in Canton right now

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Canton and its neighbours

Ozark Clay Mills Emeline McGargels Ford West Iron Hills Temple Hill Monmouth Canton
Canton at 42.1633, -90.8957 with the nearest towns within 9.7 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

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

Largest cities in Iowa

Other places named Canton

Same time zone — America/Chicago

Nearby places

Canton: clock, sun and surroundings

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.

Questions and answers

Which time zone covers Canton?
Canton is covered by the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
Are daylight saving rules used in Canton?
Daylight saving time in Canton: No.
What are sunrise and sunset in Canton today?
Sunrise 6:39 AM, sunset 4:58 PM.
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