Franklin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6681, -91.5113
- Elevation
- 212 m above sea level
- Population
- 139
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1251 km away
- Same name
- 71 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Franklin, Iowa, United States
The exact time in Franklin, Iowa, United States is given here, for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Franklin, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Franklin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Franklin, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:34 AM Solar noon 12:51 PM Sunset 6:08 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 7:06 AM – 6:36 PM
Weather in Franklin right now
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Franklin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02038
- 03235
- 04634
- 05457
- 07416
- 13775
- 16323
- 23851
- 26807
- 28734
- 28744
- 30217
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 Franklin
- Franklin Tennessee, United States
- Franklin Wisconsin, United States
- Franklin Massachusetts, United States
- Franklin Indiana, United States
- Franklin Ohio, 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
- Lee County — 4.0 km
- Donnellson — 5.3 km
- West Point — 7.5 km
- Jeffersonville (historical) — 8.5 km
- Charleston — 8.7 km
- Viele — 9.0 km
Franklin: clock, sun and surroundings
Franklin has 12 postal codes in total.
Local time in Franklin comes from the America/Chicago zone, UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Franklin gets its sunrise at 7:34 AM and its sunset at 6:08 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 34 min.
Lee County and Donnellson sit close to Franklin and run on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Franklin observe?
- Franklin observes America/Chicago, whose offset is −5.
- Do the clocks in Franklin go back at any point?
- Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in Franklin?
- In Franklin the sun rises at 7:34 AM.