Time in Iowa City

Central Standard Time (CST, UTC-6)

Current local time: 23:11

Next DST change: 2027-03-15 - UTC-5.

Current local time in Iowa City: · 10 Nov 2026

Iowa City time zone

Time zone
CST · UTC-6standard time

14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to CDT (UTC-5) - in 124 days

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Green shows daylight saving time. Dark marker: today.

United States has 8 distinct time zone rule groups. Iowa City uses Central Standard Time.

  • EST · UTC-5New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and moreUses daylight saving time
  • CST · UTC-6Illinois, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and moreUses daylight saving time
  • MST · UTC-7Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah and moreUses daylight saving time
  • MST · UTC-7ArizonaNo daylight saving time
  • PST · UTC-8California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, IdahoUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-9 · UTC-9AlaskaUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-10 · UTC-10America/AdakUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-10 · UTC-10HawaiiNo daylight saving time

Zones with matching offsets and clock changes over the next year are grouped together.

Time difference from Iowa City

Time difference
Current local times and work-hour overlap with Iowa City
CityLocal timeDifferenceWorking hoursPlanner
London+1 day6 h aheadCompare Iowa City and London
New York+1 day1 h aheadCompare Iowa City and New York
Los Angeles2 h behindCompare Iowa City and Los Angeles
Berlin+1 day7 h aheadCompare Iowa City and Berlin
Dubai+1 day10 h aheadCompare Iowa City and Dubai
New Delhi+1 day11 h 30 min aheadCompare Iowa City and New Delhi
Singapore+1 day14 h aheadCompare Iowa City and Singapore
Tokyo+1 day15 h aheadCompare Iowa City and Tokyo
Sydney+1 day17 h aheadCompare Iowa City and Sydney
Copenhagen+1 day7 h aheadCompare Iowa City and Copenhagen

Sun in Iowa City today

Daylight
06:4910h 1m16:50

10h 1m today - 5h 11m less than the longest day and 0h 52m more than the shortest day.

Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.

Public holidays in Iowa

Holidays

  1. Veterans Day

    Wednesday · in 1 days

    National

  2. Thanksgiving Day

    Thursday · in 16 days

    National

  3. Christmas Day

    Friday · in 45 days

    Nationallong weekend

  4. New Year’s Day

    Friday · in 52 days

    Nationallong weekend

  5. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    Monday · in 69 days

    Nationallong weekend

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Iowa City in?
Iowa City uses America/Chicago: CST (UTC-6).
02Does Iowa City have daylight saving time?
14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to CDT (UTC-5) - in 124 days
03What is the time difference between Iowa City and London?
Iowa City is 6 h behind relative to London right now.
04What is a good time to call Iowa City from New York?
A shared working-hours option: 16:00-17:00 in New York = 15:00-16:00 in Iowa City.

Time zones: IANA via Intl. Holidays: date-holidays. Sun calculations: SunCalc. City data: GeoNames. Airport data: OurAirports.

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Iowa City in?
Iowa City is in Central Standard Time (CST/CDT), America/Chicago. Standard time is UTC-6.
02Does Iowa City use daylight saving time?
Yes. Iowa City changes between UTC-6 and UTC-5 during the year.
03What is the time difference between Iowa City and UTC?
Iowa City is UTC-6 in standard time and UTC-5 during daylight saving time.