What time is it in Waukee, Iowa?
7:03:38 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 34,420
Daylight saving in Waukee
Waukee is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Waukee sits at 41.59°N, 93.88°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Waukee.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Waukee it is highest at 1:07 pm today — 67 minutes after clock noon.
At 93.9°W, Waukee 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.
Daylight in Waukee today
- Sunrise
- 7:06 am
- Sunset
- 7:07 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 12 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Waukee, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 2 minutes, from 15 hours 12 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 9 minutes in December.
At 41.6°N that puts Waukee between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.