Sterling in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.0767, -90.2529
- Elevation
- 262 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1171 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sterling, Iowa, United States
Get the current local time in Sterling, Iowa, United States, a location in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Sterling, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Sterling
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Sterling keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:26 AM Solar noon 12:46 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 10 h 40 min Night 13 h 20 min Civil twilight 6:58 AM – 6:35 PM
Weather in Sterling right now
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Sterling and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01564
- 06377
- 13156
- 18463
- 20163
- 20164
- 20165
- 20166
- 20167
- 44276
- 48659
- 58572
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 Sterling
- Sterling Virginia, United States
- Sterling Illinois, United States
- Sterling Colorado, United States
- Sterling Massachusetts, United States
- Sterling Alaska, 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
- Samoa — 4.6 km
- Miles — 6.1 km
- Sabula — 6.5 km
- Twin Springs — 6.7 km
- Reeceville — 6.7 km
- Lainsville — 7.1 km
About the time in Sterling
Every address in Sterling sits within one of 12 postal codes.
Clocks in Sterling are set by America/Chicago and read UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun shows itself over Sterling at 7:26 AM and sets at 6:06 PM today. That is 10 h 40 min of light.
Places close to Sterling, among them Samoa and Miles, share its time.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Sterling follow?
- Sterling follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Sterling move for summer time?
- Yes.
- What time does the day start in Sterling?
- The sun rises at 7:26 AM.