What time is it in Iowa City, Iowa?

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

Iowa City sits at 41.66°N, 91.53°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Iowa City.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Iowa City it is highest at 12:57 pm today — 57 minutes after clock noon.

At 91.5°W, Iowa City 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 Iowa City, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 3 minutes, from 15 hours 12 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 9 minutes in December.

At 41.7°N that puts Iowa City between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.