Shell Rock in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.7103, -92.5830
- Elevation
- 278 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 323
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1373 km away
What time is it in Shell Rock, Iowa, United States
Read off the current local time in Shell Rock, Iowa, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Shell Rock, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Shell Rock
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Shell Rock.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 7:12 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Shell Rock right now
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Shell Rock and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50670
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
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Waverly Junction — 6.5 km
- Waverly — 8.9 km
- Finchford — 9.8 km
- Clarksville — 10.8 km
- Coster — 11.4 km
- Highway Three Mobile Home Park — 12.1 km
About the time in Shell Rock
Shell Rock spans 1 postal code.
Shell Rock keeps time under America/Chicago. That places it at UTC−5, with daylight saving time Yes.
First light in Shell Rock comes at 7:41 AM today; darkness returns after 6:09 PM. The day gives 10 h 27 min of light.
Close to Shell Rock, the towns of Waverly Junction and Waverly show the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Shell Rock?
- Choose America/Chicago for Shell Rock, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Shell Rock stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Shell Rock: Yes.
- When does daylight end in Shell Rock?
- Daylight ends at 6:09 PM.