Fairfax in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.9194, -91.7810
- Elevation
- 236 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 497
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1291 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fairfax, Iowa, United States
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in Fairfax, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Fairfax, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fairfax
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Fairfax keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:36 AM Solar noon 12:52 PM Sunset 6:08 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 7:07 AM – 6:37 PM
Weather in Fairfax right now
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Fairfax and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05454
- 22030
- 22031
- 22032
- 22033
- 22034
- 22035
- 22036
- 22037
- 22038
- 29827
- 52228
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 Fairfax
- Fairfax Virginia, United States
- Fairfax California, United States
- Fairfax South Carolina, United States
- Fairfax Ohio, United States
- Fairfax Oklahoma, 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
- Beverly Depot — 4.8 km
- Grand View Village — 4.8 km
- Hometown-Cedar Terrace — 5.2 km
- Summit View Mobile Home Park — 5.6 km
- Walford — 6.4 km
- Cedar Hills — 6.8 km
Local time details for Fairfax
Fairfax reads its time from America/Chicago, placed at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
Sun-up in Fairfax is 7:36 AM today and sun-down is 6:08 PM. That gap holds 10 h 33 min of daylight.
Near Fairfax you can add Beverly Depot and Grand View Village, both on the same time.
The number of postal codes covering Fairfax is 12.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Fairfax?
- The time zone that includes Fairfax is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Will the time in Fairfax move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Fairfax: Yes.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Fairfax?
- Sunrise there is at 7:36 AM.