Delaware in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.4753, -91.3454
- Elevation
- 329 m above sea level
- Population
- 156
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1269 km away
- Same name
- 15 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Delaware, Iowa, United States
Current local time for Delaware, Iowa, United States is listed here, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Delaware, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Delaware
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Delaware keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:30 AM Solar noon 12:51 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 7:01 AM – 6:40 PM
Weather in Delaware right now
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Delaware and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07833
- 43015
- 52036
- 72835
- 74027
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 Delaware
- Delaware Ohio, United States
- Delaware Ontario, Canada
- Delaware Oklahoma, United States
- Delaware New Jersey, United States
- Delaware Pennsylvania, 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
- Delaware County — 1.9 km
- Delhi — 5.2 km
- Earlville — 6.0 km
- Almoral Siding (historical) — 7.5 km
- Oneida — 7.5 km
- Almoral — 8.1 km
About the time in Delaware
Delaware follows America/Chicago, giving it a UTC−5 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? Yes.
The horizon brightens over Delaware at 7:30 AM, and the sun sets at 6:11 PM. Daylight runs 10 h 41 min.
Nearby Delaware County and Delhi need no separate clock from Delaware.
Mail delivery in Delaware relies on 5 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Delaware?
- The time in Delaware is calculated using America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Delaware?
- Daylight saving time in Delaware: Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Delaware?
- Yes, it is 7:30 AM.