What time is it in Sioux City, Iowa?

Sioux 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.

Sioux City sits at 42.50°N, 96.39°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Sioux City.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Sioux City it is highest at 1:17 pm today — 77 minutes after clock noon.

At 96.4°W, Sioux 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 Sioux City, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 15 minutes, from 15 hours 18 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 3 minutes in December.

At 42.5°N that puts Sioux City between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.