Local time · Marshalltown
What time is it in Marshalltown, Iowa?
3:49:52AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 27,886
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Marshalltown
Marshalltown is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Marshalltown sits at 42.03°N, 92.91°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Marshalltown.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Marshalltown it is highest at 11:55 am today — 5 minutes before clock noon.
At 92.9°W, Marshalltown sits 12 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 12 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Marshalltown today
- Sunrise
- 6:59 am
- Sunset
- 4:52 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 53 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 15 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 53 minutes in Marshalltown, 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 7 minutes in December.
At 42.0°N that puts Marshalltown between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.