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What time is it in Bradford, Iowa, United States

The page gives the present local time in Bradford, Iowa, United States, whose time zone is America/Chicago (−5).

Bradford, United States

Wednesday, 28 October 2026

UTC−5 · America/Chicago

Local time in Bradford

UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active

Bradford keeps America/Chicago clock_time.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:40 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 10 h 29 min Night 13 h 31 min Civil twilight 7:11 AM – 6:39 PM

Weather in Bradford right now

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Bradford and its neighbours

Carrville Chickasaw Republic Bassett Horton Plainfield Roxie Bradford
Bradford at 42.9661, -92.5049 with the nearest towns within 14.9 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Bradford in numbers

Coordinates
42.9661, -92.5049
Elevation
298 m above sea level
Region
Iowa
Country
United States, North America
Capital
Washington, D.C. — 1374 km away
Same name
36 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Iowa

Other places named Bradford

Same time zone — America/Chicago

Nearby places

Local time details for Bradford

There are 12 postal codes assigned to Bradford.

Local timekeeping in Bradford uses America/Chicago, equal to UTC−5. Summer clock change: Yes.

In Bradford today the sun is out from 7:40 AM until 6:09 PM. That comes to 10 h 29 min of daylight.

Neighbouring places Nashua and Carrville run on Bradford time.

Questions and answers

What time zone setting should I choose for Bradford?
Choose America/Chicago for Bradford, with an offset of −5.
Is the hour in Bradford changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
Yes.
Is there a set time for sunset in Bradford?
Today the sun sets at 6:09 PM.
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