Ames in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.0862, -81.0859
- Elevation
- 275 m above sea level
- Region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 364 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ames, West Virginia, United States
The current hour and minute in Ames, West Virginia, United States are shown here, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Ames, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Ames
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Ames, West Virginia.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:53 AM Solar noon 12:09 PM Sunset 5:25 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:26 AM – 5:52 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 West Virginia
- Huntington 48 638
- Charleston 46 838
- Parkersburg 30 991
- Morgantown 30 708
- Wheeling 27 648
- Weirton Heights 19 450
Other places named Ames
- Ames Iowa, United States
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- Ames Oklahoma, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Lansing — 2.3 km
- South Fayette — 2.4 km
- Grayden — 2.7 km
- Gaymont — 3.3 km
- Bachman — 3.5 km
- Hawks Nest — 4.3 km
About the time in Ames
Mail addressed to Ames uses 7 postal codes.
Ames falls within America/New_York, which places it UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
Sunrise at Ames today happens at 6:53 AM, sunset at 5:25 PM. The two are 10 h 31 min apart.
Check Ames and you have also checked Lansing and South Fayette.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Ames follow?
- Local time in Ames follows America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Ames?
- No.
- What time is sunrise in Ames?
- It is 6:53 AM.