Time in Ames, United States of America | Ames Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Ames
UTC -5
Central Time (CT) , currently 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
▪Time in Ames is 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Ames is
America/Chicago.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Ames
- ▪Sunrise: 07:35
- ▪Sunset: 18:21
- ▪Day length: 10h 46m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:58
- ▪Current time in Ames is currently 58 minutes ahead of solar time.
Ames on map
- ▪Location: Iowa, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 42,03. Longitude: -93,62
- ▪Population: 65,060
- ▪Elevation: 287 m
Time difference
from Ames
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:35
Solar noon 12:58Sunset 18:21
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Chicago- Abbreviation
- CDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 17 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792677134
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:35
- Sunset
- 18:21
- Solar noon
- 12:58
- Day length
- 10h 46m
- Night length
- 13h 13m
- Civil twilight
- 07:06 – 18:50
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Iowa
- Coordinates
- 42.035°, -93.620°
- Elevation
- 287 m
- Population
- 65,060
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