Carter Lake in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.2906, -95.9181
- Elevation
- 299 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 791
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1625 km away
What time is it in Carter Lake, Iowa, United States
The time now in Carter Lake, Iowa, United States is shown here, following the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Carter Lake, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Carter Lake
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Carter Lake, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:37 AM Solar noon 1:10 PM Sunset 6:43 PM Daylight 11 h 06 min Night 12 h 54 min Civil twilight 7:10 AM – 7:11 PM
Weather in Carter Lake right now
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Carter Lake and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51510
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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- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- East Omaha — 1.6 km
- Garden Valley Courts — 2.6 km
- Home Park — 3.8 km
- Ponderosa Village Mobile Home Park — 3.8 km
- Beechwood — 4.2 km
- Overland Mobile Home Park — 4.8 km
Carter Lake: clock, sun and surroundings
Postal codes in Carter Lake number 1.
Carter Lake runs on America/Chicago, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: Yes.
Today's times for Carter Lake: the sun is up at 7:37 AM and down at 6:43 PM. That means 11 h 06 min of daylight.
Close to Carter Lake, the towns of East Omaha and Garden Valley Courts show the same time.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Carter Lake?
- The time zone name used for Carter Lake is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Carter Lake run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Carter Lake: Yes.
- What hour brings sunset in Carter Lake?
- The hour is 6:43 PM.