Benson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.5425, -92.5421
- Elevation
- 275 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1366 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Benson, Iowa, United States
The reading below is the local time in Benson, Iowa, United States, taken from the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Benson, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Benson
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Benson, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:49 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:01 PM Daylight 10 h 13 min Night 13 h 47 min Civil twilight 6:19 AM – 5:31 PM
Weather in Benson right now
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Benson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05731
- 21018
- 27504
- 56215
- 61516
- 85602
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 Benson
- Benson England, United Kingdom
- Benson Arizona, United States
- Benson North Carolina, United States
- Benson Minnesota, United States
- Benson Utah, 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
- High Acres Mobile Home Park — 5.0 km
- Cedar Falls Mobile Home Village — 5.0 km
- Norris Siding — 5.1 km
- Cedar Falls Mobile Home Park — 6.9 km
- Fredsville — 7.0 km
- New Hartford — 7.1 km
Benson: clock, sun and surroundings
The full list of postal codes for Benson runs to 6.
Hours in Benson are kept by America/Chicago, standing at UTC−6. Daylight saving observed: No.
Today's sun rises in Benson at 6:49 AM, then sets at 5:01 PM. The day offers 10 h 13 min of daylight.
Cedar Falls Mobile Home Village and High Acres Mobile Home Park lie near Benson and keep identical time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone value belongs to Benson?
- The time zone value for Benson is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does the clock in Benson stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Benson: No.
- At what time is the sun setting in Benson?
- The sun is setting at 5:01 PM.