Bristol in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.4119, -93.4680
- Elevation
- 382 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1462 km away
- Same name
- 40 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bristol, Iowa, United States
Get the current local time in Bristol, Iowa, United States, a location in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Bristol, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Bristol
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Bristol, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:50 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:07 PM Daylight 10 h 17 min Night 13 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:20 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in Bristol right now
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Bristol and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02809
- 03222
- 04539
- 05443
- 06010
- 06011
- 19007
- 24201
- 24202
- 24203
- 24205
- 24209
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 Bristol
- Bristol England, United Kingdom
- Bristol Connecticut, United States
- Bristol Tennessee, United States
- Bristol Virginia, United States
- Bristol Rhode Island, 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
- Lansrud — 4.4 km
- Lake Mills — 5.3 km
- Joice — 5.6 km
- Somber — 5.7 km
- Norman (historical) — 9.4 km
- Emmons — 10.1 km
Local time details for Bristol
Anyone in Lansrud or Lake Mills reads the same clock as Bristol.
12 postal codes serve Bristol.
Bristol falls within America/Chicago, which places it UTC−6 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
Sunrise comes to Bristol at 6:50 AM and sunset at 5:07 PM today. Together that makes 10 h 17 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Bristol?
- In Bristol, the applicable time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Bristol go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Bristol: No.
- What hour brings sunrise in Bristol?
- The hour is 6:50 AM.