Local time · Des Moines
What time is it in Des Moines, Iowa?
3:49:48AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 213,096
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Des Moines
Des Moines is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Des Moines sits at 41.57°N, 93.61°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Des Moines.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Des Moines it is highest at 11:58 am today — 2 minutes before clock noon.
At 93.6°W, Des Moines sits 14 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 14 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Des Moines today
- Sunrise
- 7:01 am
- Sunset
- 4:56 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 55 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 11 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 55 minutes in Des Moines, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 2 minutes, from 15 hours 11 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 10 minutes in December.
At 41.6°N that puts Des Moines between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.