Tara in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.5003, -94.2958
- Elevation
- 348 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1506 km away
- Same name
- 93 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Tara, Iowa, United States
Read off the current local time in Tara, Iowa, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Tara, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Tara
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Tara, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:59 AM Solar noon 12:02 PM Sunset 5:05 PM Daylight 10 h 05 min Night 13 h 55 min Civil twilight 6:30 AM – 5:34 PM
Weather in Tara right now
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Tara and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50518 Barnum — 6.3 km away
- 50566 Moorland — 7.6 km away
- 50501 Fort Dodge — 9.5 km away
- 50524 Clare — 10.6 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 Tara
- Tara Omsk Oblast, Russia
- Tara Saga, Japan
- Tara Queensland, Australia
- Tara Bicol Region, Philippines
- Tara Northern Territory, Australia
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
- Barnum — 5.8 km
- Moorland — 6.5 km
- West Fort Dodge (historical) — 7.2 km
- Wadleigh — 9.3 km
- Fort Dodge — 10.5 km
- Clare — 10.5 km
Tara: clock, sun and surroundings
The zone applied in Tara is America/Chicago with offset UTC−6. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Tara sees first light at 6:59 AM today and the sun sets at 5:05 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 05 min.
Nearby places like Barnum and Moorland are on Tara time.
Tara has 4 postal codes in total.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Tara?
- Tara is covered by the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Does Tara observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Tara: No.
- What time is first light in Tara?
- The sun rises at 6:59 AM.