Ames in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.2691, -99.0848
- Elevation
- 574 m above sea level
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1922 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ames, South Dakota, United States
Learn the current time in Ames, South Dakota, United States, a place in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Ames, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ames
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Ames keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:55 AM Solar noon 1:23 PM Sunset 6:51 PM Daylight 10 h 56 min Night 13 h 04 min Civil twilight 7:25 AM – 7:20 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 South Dakota
- Sioux Falls 171 544
- Rapid City 73 569
- Aberdeen 28 102
- Brookings 23 657
- Watertown 22 073
- Mitchell 15 669
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
- Sweetland (historical) — 11.2 km
- Unorganized Territory Of North Buffalo — 14.2 km
- Miller Dale Colony — 14.7 km
- Danforth — 16.1 km
- Buffalo County — 23.5 km
- Gannvalley — 27.3 km
About the time in Ames
Today's sun rises in Ames at 7:55 AM, then sets at 6:51 PM. The day offers 10 h 56 min of daylight.
Time runs the same in Ames and in nearby Sweetland (historical) and Unorganized Territory Of North Buffalo.
Postal codes valid in Ames number 7.
Time in Ames follows the zone America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Seasonal clock shift: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to Ames?
- The time zone assigned to Ames is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Ames?
- Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Ames?
- Yes, it is 7:55 AM.