Bethesda in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.8430, -95.0997
- Elevation
- 370 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1554 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bethesda, Iowa, United States
Right now in Bethesda, Iowa, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Bethesda, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Bethesda
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Bethesda keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:56 AM Solar noon 12:05 PM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:27 AM – 5:43 PM
Weather in Bethesda right now
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Bethesda and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20810
- 20811
- 20813
- 20814
- 20816
- 20817
- 20824
- 20827
- 20889
- 20892
- 20894
- 43719
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 Bethesda
- Bethesda Maryland, United States
- Bethesda Wales, United Kingdom
- Bethesda Ohio, United States
- Bethesda Saint Paul Parish, Antigua And Barbuda
- Bethesda Arkansas, 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
- Hepburn — 7.0 km
- Nyman — 9.7 km
- Page County — 12.3 km
- Clarinda — 12.6 km
- Clarinda Junction (historical) — 12.9 km
- Yorktown — 13.1 km
Time and daylight in Bethesda
The register holds 12 postal codes for Bethesda.
Bethesda runs on America/Chicago, which sits UTC−6 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
The sun breaks the horizon at Bethesda at 6:56 AM and leaves it at 5:15 PM. Daylight comes to 10 h 19 min.
Around Bethesda, places such as Hepburn and Nyman use the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Bethesda?
- Choose America/Chicago for Bethesda, with an offset of −6.
- Is the time in Bethesda adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- How late does the sun set in Bethesda?
- The last sunlight comes at 5:15 PM.