Merle Junction in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.7817, -94.5927
- Elevation
- 352 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1511 km away
What time is it in Merle Junction, Iowa, United States
This is the current time in Merle Junction, Iowa, United States, shown for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Merle Junction, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Merle Junction
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Merle Junction.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:45 AM Solar noon 1:03 PM Sunset 6:21 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 7:17 AM – 6:50 PM
Weather in Merle Junction right now
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Merle Junction and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50862 Sharpsburg — 4.4 km away
- 50840 Clearfield — 8.4 km away
- 50851 Lenox — 11.7 km away
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
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Conway — 4.3 km
- Sharpsburg — 4.8 km
- Taylor County — 10.0 km
- Clearfield — 10.1 km
- Lenox — 11.4 km
- Gravity — 12.9 km
Merle Junction: clock, sun and surroundings
Sunrise happens at 7:45 AM in Merle Junction today and sunset at 6:21 PM. That marks 10 h 36 min of daylight.
Time in Conway and Sharpsburg, both close to Merle Junction, runs the same.
Sorting mail for Merle Junction involves 3 postal codes.
Merle Junction sits under America/Chicago, which puts local clocks at UTC−5. Daylight saving in use: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Merle Junction?
- Use America/Chicago to show the time in Merle Junction; its offset is −5.
- Is there any clock change for daylight saving in Merle Junction?
- Daylight saving in Merle Junction: Yes.
- When should I expect the sun to rise in Merle Junction?
- Expect it at 7:45 AM.