Ely in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.8736, -91.5852
- Elevation
- 225 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 074
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1274 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ely, Iowa, United States
The current hour and minute in Ely, Iowa, United States are shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Ely, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ely
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Ely.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:30 AM Solar noon 12:52 PM Sunset 6:13 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 7:02 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in Ely right now
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Ely and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 52227
- 55731
- 89301
- 89315
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 Ely
- Ely England, United Kingdom
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- Ely Vermont, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Western — 4.9 km
- Shueyville — 5.7 km
- Summit — 6.5 km
- Twin View Heights — 7.1 km
- Worthington Acres — 7.2 km
- Kirkwood Estates — 7.8 km
Time and daylight in Ely
Sunrise today is 7:30 AM in Ely, with sunset at 6:13 PM. That works out to 10 h 43 min of light.
Ely, Western and Shueyville all run on one and the same time.
Ely operates with 4 postal codes.
Ely is placed in America/Chicago, and its offset from UTC is −5. Daylight saving observed here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Can you tell me the time zone for Ely?
- Ely is in America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Ely switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Ely: Yes.
- Please give the sunset time for Ely.
- The sun sets at 6:13 PM.