Cherokee in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.7494, -95.5517
- Elevation
- 364 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 030
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1612 km away
- Same name
- 18 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cherokee, Iowa, United States
This page shows the time of day in Cherokee, Iowa, United States as it stands now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Cherokee, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cherokee
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Cherokee keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:50 AM Solar noon 1:07 PM Sunset 6:25 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 7:21 AM – 6:54 PM
Weather in Cherokee right now
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Cherokee and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28719
- 35616
- 51012
- 66724
- 73728
- 76832
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 Cherokee
- Cherokee North Carolina, United States
- Cherokee Oklahoma, United States
- Cherokee Alabama, United States
- Cherokee Kansas, United States
- Cherokee California, 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
- Park Place Mobile Home Court — 1.0 km
- Onawa Junction — 2.8 km
- Cherokee County — 6.1 km
- Meriden — 8.4 km
- Aurelia — 10.2 km
- Southern Acres Mobile Estates — 10.3 km
About the time in Cherokee
Postal designations for Cherokee total 6.
Cherokee is on America/Chicago time, which corresponds to UTC−5. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
Look for sunrise at 7:50 AM and sunset at 6:25 PM in Cherokee today. The day carries 10 h 35 min of light.
Close to Cherokee, the towns of Park Place Mobile Home Court and Onawa Junction show the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Cherokee follow?
- Local time in Cherokee follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is summer time in effect in Cherokee at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Cherokee: Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in Cherokee?
- In Cherokee the sun rises at 7:50 AM.