Monticello in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.2383, -91.1871
- Elevation
- 251 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 825
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1250 km away
- Same name
- 51 more places in the world share this name
The local time in Monticello, Iowa, United States — in the America/Chicago time zone (−6) — is shown on this page.
Monticello, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Monticello
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Monticello.
Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 4:53 PM Daylight 10 h 07 min Night 13 h 53 min Civil twilight 6:17 AM – 5:22 PM
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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.
Postal areas within Monticello come to 12.
Monticello keeps the America/Chicago zone, which is UTC−6. Whether summer time is observed: No.
The sun rises at 6:46 AM, sets at 4:53 PM, and stays over Monticello for 10 h 07 min. That is today's daylight.
Monticello, East Monticello and Junction Switch all run on one and the same time.