Rands in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3250, -94.5789
- Elevation
- 360 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1526 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rands, Iowa, United States
The local time in Rands, Iowa, United States — in the America/Chicago time zone (−5) — is shown on this page.
Rands, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rands
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Rands keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:49 AM Solar noon 1:03 PM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 10 h 29 min Night 13 h 31 min Civil twilight 7:20 AM – 6:46 PM
Weather in Rands right now
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Rands and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51453 Lohrville — 7.3 km away
- 50579 Rockwell City — 8.9 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
Other places named Rands
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
- Stimsons (historical) — 3.7 km
- Piper — 4.9 km
- Lohrville — 6.6 km
- Rinard — 7.6 km
- Calhoun County — 8.4 km
- Rockwell City — 9.0 km
Rands: clock, sun and surroundings
For nearby Stimsons (historical) and Piper, use the time shown for Rands.
The postal breakdown of Rands runs to 2 codes.
The zone that governs Rands is America/Chicago at UTC−5. Whether the clocks move seasonally: Yes.
Sunrise reaches Rands at 7:49 AM, and the sun sets at 6:17 PM. Light lasts 10 h 29 min.
Questions and answers
- Can Rands's time zone be given as America/Chicago?
- Yes, Rands's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Rands switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Rands: Yes.
- What time will the sun rise in Rands today?
- Today it rises at 7:49 AM.