Harlan in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.6530, -95.3255
- Elevation
- 382 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 002
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1578 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Harlan, Iowa, United States
The reading below is the local time in Harlan, Iowa, United States, taken from the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Harlan, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Harlan
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Harlan, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:52 AM Solar noon 1:06 PM Sunset 6:20 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 7:23 AM – 6:49 PM
Weather in Harlan right now
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Harlan and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40831
- 46743
- 51537
- 51593
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 Harlan
- Harlan Kentucky, United States
- Harlan Indiana, United States
- Harlan Saskatchewan, Canada
- Harlan Kansas, United States
- Harlan Michigan, 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
- Harlan Trailer Court — 1.4 km
- Westridge Mobile Home Park — 1.5 km
- Shelby County — 3.8 km
- Corley — 8.3 km
- Westphalia — 9.4 km
- Kirkman — 9.8 km
Local time details for Harlan
Harlan Trailer Court and Westridge Mobile Home Park sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Harlan.
4 codes make up the postal map of Harlan.
Clocks in Harlan follow America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
The sun rises over Harlan today at 7:52 AM and slips away at 6:20 PM. That leaves 10 h 28 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Harlan based on?
- The clock in Harlan is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Harlan observe daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Harlan?
- Sunrise 7:52 AM, sunset 6:20 PM.