Ames in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.4522, -96.6245
- Elevation
- 374 m above sea level
- Population
- 14
- Region
- Nebraska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1685 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ames, Nebraska, United States
This page shows the current local time in Ames, Nebraska, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Ames, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ames
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Ames, Nebraska.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:51 AM Solar noon 1:12 PM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 7:22 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Ames right now
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Ames and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50010
- 50011
- 50012
- 50013
- 50014
- 68621
- 73718
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 Nebraska
Other places named Ames
- Ames Iowa, United States
- Ames Texas, United States
- Ames Texas, United States
- Ames Hauts-de-France, France
- Ames Oklahoma, 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
- Cedar Bluffs — 6.2 km
- Westlake Mobile Home Park — 6.3 km
- Midway Trailer Court — 9.5 km
- Fremont — 10.7 km
- South Broad Trailer Court — 10.9 km
- Regency II Mobile Home Park — 10.9 km
About the time in Ames
Ames spans 7 postal codes.
Time in Ames runs on America/Chicago, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
Today the sun rises over Ames at 7:51 AM and sets at 6:32 PM. That is 10 h 42 min of daylight in all.
If you are looking near Ames, both Cedar Bluffs and Westlake Mobile Home Park keep the same time.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Ames labeled?
- The time zone for Ames is labeled America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Ames?
- Yes.
- When does morning light reach Ames?
- At 7:51 AM.