Colfax in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.6778, -93.2452
- Elevation
- 244 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 051
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1407 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Colfax, Iowa, United States
This page displays how late it is in Colfax, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Colfax, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Colfax
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Colfax keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:38 AM Solar noon 12:58 PM Sunset 6:19 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 7:09 AM – 6:47 PM
Weather in Colfax right now
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Colfax and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 26566
- 27235
- 46035
- 50054
- 54730
- 58018
- 61728
- 71417
- 95713
- 99111
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 Colfax
- Colfax Washington, United States
- Colfax California, United States
- Colfax Louisiana, United States
- Colfax Wisconsin, United States
- Colfax Illinois, 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
- Severs — 3.9 km
- Oswalt — 4.8 km
- Goddard — 6.2 km
- Green Castle — 7.7 km
- Prairie City — 8.8 km
- Valeria — 8.8 km
About the time in Colfax
Colfax counts hours by America/Chicago, which stands at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving is kept: Yes.
At Colfax the sun clears the horizon at 7:38 AM and sinks again at 6:19 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 41 min.
Severs and Oswalt, both nearby, hold the same time as Colfax.
The full list of postal codes for Colfax runs to 10.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Colfax?
- The correct time zone for Colfax is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Are the clocks in Colfax adjusted for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving in Colfax: Yes.
- What time is last light in Colfax?
- The sun sets at 6:19 PM.