Fort Des Moines in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.5203, -93.6158
- Elevation
- 285 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1435 km away
The current hour and minute in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, United States are shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Fort Des Moines, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fort Des Moines
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
Sunrise 6:57 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:02 PM Daylight 10 h 05 min Night 13 h 55 min Civil twilight 6:28 AM – 5:31 PM
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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.
Nearby places like South Ridge Estates and Regency Manor Mobile Home Park are on Fort Des Moines time.
Addresses in Fort Des Moines fall under 12 postal codes.
The zone applied in Fort Des Moines is America/Chicago with offset UTC−6. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Fort Des Moines sees the sun rise at 6:57 AM and set at 5:02 PM today. Daylight runs for 10 h 05 min.