Carbon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.8964, -92.4219
- Elevation
- 211 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1329 km away
- Same name
- 18 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carbon, Iowa, United States
Current local time for Carbon, Iowa, United States is listed here, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Carbon, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Carbon
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Carbon keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:45 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:04 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:16 AM – 5:33 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
- Carbon Iowa, United States
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
- Ormanville — 5.3 km
- Floris — 8.2 km
- Dunnville (historical) — 8.4 km
- Belknap — 8.4 km
- Pleasant View (historical) — 8.7 km
- Valley Village Mobile Home Park — 10.6 km
About the time in Carbon
Carbon sees first light at 6:45 AM today and the sun sets at 5:04 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 19 min.
Neighbouring Ormanville and Floris sit in the same time as Carbon.
Records show 3 postal codes for Carbon.
Local timekeeping in Carbon uses America/Chicago, equal to UTC−6. Summer clock change: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Carbon observe?
- Carbon observes America/Chicago, whose offset is −6.
- Is a daylight saving adjustment made in Carbon?
- No.
- What time is last light in Carbon?
- The sun sets at 5:04 PM.