Foster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.9328, -92.7574
- Elevation
- 287 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1358 km away
- Same name
- 28 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Foster, Iowa, United States
The clock on this page follows the local time of Foster, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Foster, United States
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Foster
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Foster keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:37 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:15 PM Daylight 10 h 38 min Night 13 h 22 min Civil twilight 7:09 AM – 6:43 PM
Weather in Foster right now
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Foster and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02825
- 23056
- 25081
- 41043
- 64745
- 73434
- 97345
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 Foster
- Foster Rhode Island, United States
- Foster Victoria, Australia
- Foster Oklahoma, United States
- Foster Missouri, United States
- Foster Nebraska, 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
- Brompton — 1.9 km
- Selection — 4.1 km
- Moravia — 6.7 km
- Hocking — 8.3 km
- Blakesburg — 10.9 km
- Albia — 11.2 km
Local time details for Foster
7 codes make up the postal map of Foster.
Foster sits in the America/Chicago time zone, which runs at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun rises at 7:37 AM above Foster and sets at 6:15 PM today. Daylight lasts about 10 h 38 min.
Nearby, Brompton and Selection go by the same clock as Foster.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Foster uses?
- Foster uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Foster apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- Yes.
- What is the sunset time for Foster?
- 6:15 PM.