Dakota City in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.7229, -94.1977
- Elevation
- 343 m above sea level
- Population
- 813
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1503 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dakota City, Iowa, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Dakota City, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Dakota City, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dakota City
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Dakota City.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:52 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 5:11 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:22 AM – 5:41 PM
Weather in Dakota City right now
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Dakota City and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50529
- 68731
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 Dakota City
- Dakota City Nebraska, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Humboldt — 1.4 km
- Jones Siding — 4.8 km
- Humboldt County — 6.0 km
- Rutland — 9.1 km
- Arnold — 9.8 km
- Unique — 12.1 km
About the time in Dakota City
Mail addressed to Dakota City uses 2 postal codes.
The offset in Dakota City is UTC−6, under the America/Chicago time zone. Daylight saving time: No.
Look for sunrise at 6:52 AM and sunset at 5:11 PM in Dakota City today. The day carries 10 h 19 min of light.
Humboldt and Jones Siding sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Dakota City.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Dakota City observe?
- Dakota City observes America/Chicago, whose offset is −6.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Dakota City?
- Daylight saving in Dakota City: No.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Dakota City?
- At 6:52 AM.