Beacon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.2770, -92.6796
- Elevation
- 231 m above sea level
- Population
- 480
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1355 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Beacon, Iowa, United States
The time now in Beacon, Iowa, United States is shown here, following the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Beacon, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Beacon
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Beacon.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:35 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 7:06 AM – 6:45 PM
Weather in Beacon right now
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Beacon and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12508
- 52534
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 Beacon
- Beacon New York, United States
- Beacon Western Australia, Australia
- Beacon England, United Kingdom
- Beacon St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
- Beacon Alabama, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Lamson Mobile Home Park — 3.2 km
- Oskaloosa — 3.6 km
- Evans — 4.9 km
- Bolton — 5.1 km
- University Park — 5.2 km
- Givin — 6.0 km
Time and daylight in Beacon
The sun comes up over Beacon at 7:35 AM today and drops below the horizon at 6:17 PM. That is 10 h 42 min between the two.
Neighbouring places Lamson Mobile Home Park and Oskaloosa run on Beacon time.
A total of 2 postal codes belong to Beacon.
Beacon belongs to the America/Chicago zone, placing local clocks at UTC−5. Summer time adjustment: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Beacon follow?
- Beacon follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Beacon?
- Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Beacon?
- Sunrise is at 7:35 AM and sunset at 6:17 PM.