Plato in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7381, -91.3085
- Elevation
- 216 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1249 km away
- Same name
- 11 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Plato, Iowa, United States
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in Plato, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Plato, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Plato
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Plato, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:31 AM Solar noon 12:50 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 10 h 38 min Night 13 h 22 min Civil twilight 7:03 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Plato right now
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Plato and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 55370
- 65552
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 Plato
- Plato Magdalena Department, Colombia
- Platô Praia, Cabo Verde
- Plato Minnesota, United States
- Plato Missouri, United States
- Plato Virginia, 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
- Cedar Valley — 5.3 km
- Cedar Bluff — 5.3 km
- Buchanan — 5.9 km
- Oasis — 7.3 km
- West Branch — 8.1 km
- West Branch Mobile Home Village — 8.1 km
Plato: clock, sun and surroundings
Sorting mail for Plato involves 2 postal codes.
Plato sets its clocks by America/Chicago, which runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
In Plato the sun appears at 7:31 AM and disappears at 6:09 PM today. Daylight stretches 10 h 38 min.
The local time of Plato is shared by neighbouring Cedar Valley and Cedar Bluff.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Plato?
- Plato is in America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Does Plato run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Plato: Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Plato?
- Yes, it is 7:31 AM.