Cantril in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6442, -92.0699
- Elevation
- 238 m above sea level
- Population
- 220
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1298 km away
What time is it in Cantril, Iowa, United States
This page shows the current local time in Cantril, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Cantril, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cantril
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Cantril.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:35 AM Solar noon 12:53 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 37 min Night 13 h 23 min Civil twilight 7:07 AM – 6:40 PM
Weather in Cantril right now
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Cantril and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 52542
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
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Milton — 8.4 km
- Lebanon — 9.1 km
- Azen — 9.8 km
- Mount Sterling — 12.0 km
- Brock — 12.4 km
- Pittsburg — 13.1 km
Cantril: clock, sun and surroundings
Morning light reaches Cantril at 7:35 AM, and the sun sets at 6:11 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 37 min.
Close by, Milton and Lebanon keep time with Cantril.
1 postal code is current for Cantril.
Cantril is on America/Chicago time, which corresponds to UTC−5. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Can Cantril's time zone be given as America/Chicago?
- Yes, Cantril's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time reach Cantril?
- Daylight saving time in Cantril: Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Cantril?
- Today the sun sets at 6:11 PM.