Dows in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.6566, -93.5010
- Elevation
- 351 m above sea level
- Population
- 514
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1445 km away
What time is it in Dows, Iowa, United States
This page displays how late it is in Dows, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Dows, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dows
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Dows.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:45 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 6:13 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 7:16 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in Dows right now
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Dows and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50071
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
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Nearby places
Local time details for Dows
Today's sun rises in Dows at 7:45 AM, then sets at 6:13 PM. The day offers 10 h 27 min of daylight.
Popejoy and Galt lie near Dows and keep identical time.
The mail network in Dows covers 1 codes.
Dows is placed in America/Chicago, and its offset from UTC is −5. Daylight saving observed here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Dows?
- The time zone that applies to Dows is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Dows?
- Daylight saving time in Dows: Yes.
- At what time is the sun setting in Dows?
- The sun is setting at 6:13 PM.