Ames in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.2459, -98.1853
- Elevation
- 369 m above sea level
- Population
- 247
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1883 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
See the local time in Ames, Oklahoma, United States right now, measured in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Ames, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ames
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Ames.
Sunrise 7:03 AM Solar noon 12:18 PM Sunset 5:32 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 6:36 AM – 5:59 PM
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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.
The zone in force in Ames is America/Chicago, with an offset of UTC−6. Seasonal change: No.
Sunrise arrives in Ames at 7:03 AM today and the sun goes down at 5:32 PM. That gives the day 10 h 30 min of light.
Whatever the hour in Ames, it is the same in Crystal Lakes and Lindley.
Addresses in Ames fall under 7 postal codes.