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
This page shows local time in Ames, Texas, United States as of this moment, in the America/Chicago 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 7:23 AM Solar noon 1:05 PM Sunset 6:47 PM Daylight 11 h 24 min Night 12 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:59 AM – 7:12 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
Records show 7 postal codes for Ames.
The time zone assigned to Ames is America/Chicago, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:23 AM in Ames today and sunset at 6:47 PM. That marks 11 h 24 min of daylight.
You will find the same time in Rock Island and South Liberty, both near Ames.
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 7:23 AM.