Defiance in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.8242, -95.3428
- Elevation
- 389 m above sea level
- Population
- 279
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1582 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Defiance, Iowa, United States
Watch the current local time in Defiance, Iowa, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Defiance, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Defiance
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Defiance.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:47 AM Solar noon 1:06 PM Sunset 6:25 PM Daylight 10 h 38 min Night 13 h 22 min Civil twilight 7:19 AM – 6:54 PM
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Defiance and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 16633
- 43512
- 51527
- 63341
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 Defiance
- Defiance Ohio, United States
- Defiance Pennsylvania, United States
- Defiance Missouri, United States
- Defiance Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
- Defiance Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
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
- Astor — 8.1 km
- Earling — 8.2 km
- Buck Grove — 11.3 km
- Manilla — 11.7 km
- Irwin — 11.9 km
- Westphalia — 12.4 km
Local time details for Defiance
Local time in Defiance is governed by America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Today at Defiance, the sun rises at 7:47 AM and sets at 6:25 PM. That gives 10 h 38 min of daylight.
Nearby places that share Defiance's clock include Astor and Earling.
Sorting mail for Defiance involves 4 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Can Defiance's time zone be given as America/Chicago?
- Yes, Defiance's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Defiance observe daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Defiance?
- It rises at 7:47 AM.