East Des Moines in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.5708, -93.5524
- Elevation
- 240 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1431 km away
What time is it in East Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Find out what time it is now in East Des Moines, Iowa, United States — the local clock runs on America/Chicago (−5).
East Des Moines, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in East Des Moines
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in East Des Moines, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:29 AM Solar noon 1:01 PM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 11 h 02 min Night 12 h 58 min Civil twilight 7:01 AM – 7:00 PM
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East Des Moines and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50327 Pleasant Hill — 3.1 km away
- 50320 Des Moines — 3.5 km away
- 50319 Des Moines — 4.9 km away
- 50317 Des Moines — 5.0 km away
- 50982 Des Moines — 5.7 km away
- 50983 Des Moines — 5.7 km away
- 50316 Des Moines — 5.8 km away
- 50307 Des Moines — 5.8 km away
- 50309 Des Moines — 6.1 km away
- 50315 Des Moines — 6.3 km away
- 50392 Des Moines — 6.5 km away
- 50314 Des Moines — 7.6 km away
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
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Nearby places
- Pleasant Valley Mobile Home Park — 2.3 km
- Pleasant Hill — 3.1 km
- Levey — 3.7 km
- Carbondale — 4.3 km
- Easton Place — 4.5 km
- P and H Mobile Home Court — 4.6 km
Local time details for East Des Moines
East Des Moines works with 12 postal codes.
The time zone assigned to East Des Moines is America/Chicago, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
In East Des Moines the sun appears at 7:29 AM and disappears at 6:32 PM today. Daylight stretches 11 h 02 min.
Neighbouring Pleasant Valley Mobile Home Park and Pleasant Hill keep the same hours as East Des Moines.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in East Des Moines?
- In East Des Moines, the applicable time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does East Des Moines follow daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- Which time marks sunrise in East Des Moines?
- 7:29 AM marks sunrise.