Jay in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.1067, -93.5866
- Elevation
- 324 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1429 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Jay, Iowa, United States
This page shows local time in Jay, Iowa, United States as of this moment, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Jay, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Jay
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Jay keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:42 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 7:13 AM – 6:45 PM
Weather in Jay right now
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Jay and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 04239
- 12941
- 32565
- 74346
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 Jay
- Jay Maine, United States
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- Jay Vermont, United States
- Jay Lumbini Province, Nepal
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Jacksonville (historical) — 2.4 km
- Liberty — 7.1 km
- Ottawa — 8.5 km
- Medora — 9.0 km
- Norwood — 9.1 km
- Woodburn — 10.6 km
Time and daylight in Jay
Locations in Jay are covered by 4 postal codes.
The time zone assigned to Jay is America/Chicago, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
At Jay the sun clears the horizon at 7:42 AM and sinks again at 6:17 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 35 min.
The hour in Jay is the hour in Jacksonville (historical) and Liberty as well.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Jay?
- Use America/Chicago to show the time in Jay; its offset is −5.
- What time zone rules apply in Jay — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Jay: Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Jay?
- Yes, it is 7:42 AM.