Forest City in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.2625, -93.6372
- Elevation
- 383 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 018
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1471 km away
- Same name
- 13 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forest City, Iowa, United States
Find the present-moment local time in Forest City, Iowa, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−6).
Forest City, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Forest City
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Forest City keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:52 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:07 PM Daylight 10 h 15 min Night 13 h 45 min Civil twilight 6:22 AM – 5:36 PM
Weather in Forest City right now
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Forest City and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 18421
- 28043
- 50436
- 61532
- 64451
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 Forest City
- Forest City Florida, United States
- Forest City North Carolina, United States
- Forest City Johor, Malaysia
- Forest City Pennsylvania, United States
- Forest City Missouri, 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
- Forest Park Mobile Home Court — 1.2 km
- Hawley — 6.5 km
- Leland — 8.3 km
- Miller — 9.2 km
- Ratna (historical) — 9.8 km
- Hayfield — 10.6 km
About the time in Forest City
The local zone in Forest City is America/Chicago, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Morning light reaches Forest City at 6:52 AM, and the sun sets at 5:07 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 15 min.
Forest City, Forest Park Mobile Home Court and Hawley all run on one and the same time.
A total of 5 postal codes belong to Forest City.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Forest City?
- Choose America/Chicago for Forest City, with an offset of −6.
- Is summer time in effect in Forest City at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Forest City: No.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Forest City — what are they?
- Sunrise at 6:52 AM, sunset at 5:07 PM.