Lester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.4447, -96.3331
- Elevation
- 430 m above sea level
- Population
- 294
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1688 km away
- Same name
- 14 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lester, Iowa, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Lester, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Lester, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lester
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Lester keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:56 AM Solar noon 1:10 PM Sunset 6:24 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 7:27 AM – 6:53 PM
Weather in Lester right now
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Lester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 25865
- 35647
- 51242
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 Lester
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- Lester Arkansas, United States
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Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
Local time details for Lester
Sunrise at Lester today happens at 7:56 AM, sunset at 6:24 PM. The two are 10 h 27 min apart.
Nearby Larchwood and Hills need no separate clock from Lester.
Postal codes assigned across Lester total 3.
Lester follows America/Chicago, giving it a UTC−5 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Lester?
- The entry corresponding to Lester is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do the clocks in Lester go back at any point?
- Yes.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Lester?
- It sets at 6:24 PM.