Local time · Iowa City
What time is it in Iowa City, Iowa?
3:51:16AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 76,710
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Iowa City
Iowa City is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 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.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Iowa City it is highest at 11:50 am today — 10 minutes before clock noon.
At 91.5°W, Iowa City sits almost exactly on Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.
Daylight in Iowa City today
- Sunrise
- 6:53 am
- Sunset
- 4:47 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 55 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 12 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 55 minutes in Iowa City, and the day is getting shorter by 2 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.