Melvin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.2875, -95.6092
- Elevation
- 482 m above sea level
- Population
- 206
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1627 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Melvin, Iowa, United States
You can see the current local time of Melvin, Iowa, United States on this page, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Melvin, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Melvin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Melvin keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:55 AM Solar noon 1:07 PM Sunset 6:20 PM Daylight 10 h 25 min Night 13 h 35 min Civil twilight 7:25 AM – 6:49 PM
Weather in Melvin right now
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Melvin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 36913
- 41650
- 48454
- 51350
- 60952
- 76858
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 Melvin
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- Melvin Texas, United States
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- Melvin Alabama, United States
- Melvin California, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Plessis — 7.8 km
- Cloverdale — 9.1 km
- Osceola County — 10.2 km
- Max — 11.3 km
- May City — 11.5 km
- Sanborn — 12.4 km
Time and daylight in Melvin
In Melvin the sun rises today at 7:55 AM and sets again at 6:20 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 25 min of the day.
Clocks in Plessis and Cloverdale read the same as clocks in Melvin.
6 distinct postal codes apply to Melvin.
The time zone in effect for Melvin is America/Chicago, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Melvin uses?
- Melvin uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Melvin switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Melvin: Yes.
- When is the sun up in Melvin?
- The sun comes up at 7:55 AM.