What time is it in Cedar Falls, Iowa?

Cedar Falls is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Cedar Falls sits at 42.52°N, 92.45°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Cedar Falls.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Cedar Falls it is highest at 1:01 pm today — 61 minutes after clock noon.

At 92.5°W, Cedar Falls sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Cedar Falls, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 15 minutes, from 15 hours 18 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 3 minutes in December.

At 42.5°N that puts Cedar Falls between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.