Carbon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.0500, -94.8233
- Elevation
- 346 m above sea level
- Population
- 32
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1532 km away
- Same name
- 18 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carbon, Iowa, United States
Local time in Carbon, Iowa, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Carbon, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Carbon
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Carbon keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:48 AM Solar noon 1:04 PM Sunset 6:21 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 7:19 AM – 6:49 PM
Weather in Carbon right now
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Carbon and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 47837
- 50839
- 76435
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 Carbon
- Carbon Alberta, Canada
- Carbon Indiana, United States
- Carbon Texas, United States
- Carbon Oaxaca, Mexico
- Carbón Jalisco, Mexico
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
- Quincy — 3.0 km
- Strand — 7.0 km
- Dickieville — 8.2 km
- Lincoln Center — 8.4 km
- Brooks — 9.5 km
- Corning — 9.6 km
Carbon: clock, sun and surroundings
Same time, different place: Quincy and Strand near Carbon.
Deliveries to Carbon are sorted by 3 postal codes.
For Carbon the applicable zone is America/Chicago, running UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
First light in Carbon comes at 7:48 AM today; darkness returns after 6:21 PM. The day gives 10 h 33 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Carbon?
- Carbon observes the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Carbon take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Carbon: Yes.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Carbon.
- The sunrise hour is 7:48 AM.