Dayton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2614, -94.0686
- Elevation
- 342 m above sea level
- Population
- 798
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1484 km away
- Same name
- 36 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dayton, Iowa, United States
The present local time in Dayton, Iowa, United States is given below, for the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Dayton, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dayton
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Dayton, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:53 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 5:09 PM Daylight 10 h 16 min Night 13 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 5:38 PM
Weather in Dayton right now
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Dayton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08810
- 14041
- 16222
- 21036
- 22821
- 37321
- 41074
- 45401
- 45402
- 45403
- 45404
- 45405
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 Dayton
- Dayton Ohio, United States
- Dayton Nevada, United States
- Dayton Texas, United States
- Dayton Tennessee, United States
- Dayton New Jersey, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Harcourt — 8.8 km
- Burnside — 9.9 km
- Boxholm — 10.0 km
- Lehigh — 11.0 km
- Palm Grove — 11.3 km
- Lanyon — 11.3 km
Local time details for Dayton
12 postal codes describe the layout of Dayton.
Dayton stands in America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: No.
Today's times for Dayton: the sun is up at 6:53 AM and down at 5:09 PM. That means 10 h 16 min of daylight.
Neighbouring Harcourt and Burnside keep the same hours as Dayton.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Dayton based on America/Chicago?
- Yes, local time in Dayton is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does the clock in Dayton follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Dayton: No.
- When does the sun go down in Dayton?
- Sunset in Dayton is at 5:09 PM.