Ames in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.0451, -94.7373
- Elevation
- 22 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 064
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1893 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ames, Texas, United States
See the local time in Ames, Texas, United States right now, measured in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Ames, United States
Sunday, 6 September 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ames
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Ames keeps America/Chicago time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:00 AM Solar noon 1:19 PM Sunset 7:37 PM Daylight 12 h 38 min Night 11 h 22 min Civil twilight 6:36 AM – 8:02 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 Texas
- Houston 2 314 157
- San Antonio 1 526 656
- Dallas 1 326 087
- Fort Worth 1 008 106
- Austin 974 447
- El Paso 678 815
Other places named Ames
- Ames Iowa, United States
- Ames Texas, United States
- Ames Hauts-de-France, France
- Ames Oklahoma, United States
- Ames New York, 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
- Rock Island — 4.4 km
- South Liberty — 5.6 km
- Atascosito — 5.7 km
- Liberty — 5.8 km
- Negros Liberty Settlement — 5.8 km
- Raywood — 6.3 km
Time and daylight in Ames
Nearby places like South Liberty and Atascosito are on Ames time.
Every address in Ames sits within one of 7 postal codes.
The time zone assigned to Ames is America/Chicago, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Morning light reaches Ames at 7:00 AM, and the sun sets at 7:37 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 12 h 38 min.
Questions and answers
- Is Ames in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Ames is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Ames change with daylight saving?
- Yes.
- What time will the sun rise in Ames today?
- Today it rises at 7:00 AM.