What time is it in Des Moines, Iowa?

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

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Des Moines it is highest at 1:06 pm today — 66 minutes after clock noon.

At 93.6°W, Des Moines 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 Des Moines, and the day is getting shorter by 3 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.