Shelby in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.5161, -95.4503
- Elevation
- 400 m above sea level
- Population
- 618
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1587 km away
- Same name
- 18 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shelby, Iowa, United States
On this page the local time of Shelby, Iowa, United States is updated live, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Shelby, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Shelby
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Shelby, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:02 AM Solar noon 12:07 PM Sunset 5:11 PM Daylight 10 h 10 min Night 13 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:33 AM – 5:41 PM
Weather in Shelby right now
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Shelby and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28150
- 28151
- 28152
- 35143
- 38774
- 44875
- 46377
- 49455
- 51570
- 59474
- 68662
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 Shelby
- Shelby Michigan, United States
- Shelby North Carolina, United States
- Shelby Ohio, United States
- Shelby Montana, United States
- Shelby Mississippi, 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
- Magill — 4.6 km
- Harlan Junction (historical) — 7.5 km
- Tennant — 8.7 km
- Minden — 9.4 km
- Avoca — 10.3 km
- Yorkshire — 10.8 km
Shelby: clock, sun and surroundings
The sun shows itself over Shelby at 7:02 AM and sets at 5:11 PM today. That is 10 h 10 min of light.
Magill and Harlan Junction (historical), both nearby, hold the same time as Shelby.
The number of postal codes covering Shelby is 11.
The time standard for Shelby is America/Chicago at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Chicago be used as the time zone for Shelby?
- Yes, Shelby uses America/Chicago, whose offset is −6.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Shelby?
- Daylight saving in Shelby: No.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Shelby?
- At 7:02 AM.