Baxter in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.8261, -93.1516
- Elevation
- 306 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 103
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1401 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Baxter, Iowa, United States
The clock for Baxter, Iowa, United States is kept here in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Baxter, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Baxter
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Baxter keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:36 AM Solar noon 12:58 PM Sunset 6:19 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 7:08 AM – 6:48 PM
Weather in Baxter right now
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Baxter and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 26560
- 38544
- 40806
- 50028
- 56425
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Iowa
- Des Moines 214 133
- Cedar Rapids 130 405
- Davenport 102 582
- Sioux City 82 821
- Iowa City 74 220
- Waterloo 68 460
Other places named Baxter
- Baxter Minnesota, United States
- Baxter Victoria, Australia
- Baxter Tennessee, United States
- Baxter Ontario, Canada
- Baxter West Virginia, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Dallas United States
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- Austin United States
Nearby places
Baxter: clock, sun and surroundings
Today's schedule for Baxter: sunrise 7:36 AM, sunset 6:19 PM. That gives 10 h 43 min of daylight.
Time in Ira and Clyde, both close to Baxter, runs the same.
Mail delivery in Baxter relies on 5 postal codes.
Baxter marks time with America/Chicago at an offset of UTC−5. Does the area change clocks seasonally? Yes.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Baxter in for local time?
- For local time, Baxter is in America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Will the time in Baxter move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Baxter: Yes.
- What time does the day start in Baxter?
- The sun rises at 7:36 AM.