Buffalo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.4564, -90.7235
- Elevation
- 171 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 299
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1196 km away
- Same name
- 41 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Buffalo, Iowa, United States
The present local time in Buffalo, Iowa, United States is given below, for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Buffalo, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Buffalo
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Buffalo keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:27 AM Solar noon 12:48 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 6:59 AM – 6:37 PM
Weather in Buffalo right now
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Buffalo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 14201
- 14202
- 14203
- 14204
- 14205
- 14206
- 14207
- 14208
- 14209
- 14210
- 14211
- 14212
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 Buffalo
- Buffalo New York, United States
- Buffalo Minnesota, United States
- Buffalo Wyoming, United States
- Buffalo Missouri, United States
- Buffalo Texas, 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
- Buffalo Heights — 1.9 km
- Andalusia — 2.0 km
- Linwood — 3.8 km
- Jamestown — 4.4 km
- Walnut Grove — 5.4 km
- Hometown Lakeside Mobile Home Park — 6.7 km
About the time in Buffalo
Places close to Buffalo, among them Buffalo Heights and Andalusia, share its time.
Mail addressed to Buffalo uses 12 postal codes.
Buffalo tells time by America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Today Buffalo gets sunrise at 7:27 AM and sunset at 6:09 PM. That leaves 10 h 42 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Does Buffalo use the America/Chicago time zone?
- Yes, Buffalo uses America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Buffalo keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Buffalo: Yes.
- What is the sunset time for Buffalo?
- 6:09 PM.