Local time · Marion
What time is it in Marion, Iowa?
3:49:19AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 42,542
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Marion
Marion is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Marion sits at 42.04°N, 91.59°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Marion.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Marion it is highest at 11:50 am today — 10 minutes before clock noon.
At 91.6°W, Marion 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 Marion today
- Sunrise
- 6:54 am
- Sunset
- 4:46 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 53 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 15 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 53 minutes in Marion, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 8 minutes, from 15 hours 15 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 6 minutes in December.
At 42.0°N that puts Marion between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.