Lexington in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6992, -91.8146
- Elevation
- 172 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1277 km away
- Same name
- 33 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lexington, Iowa, United States
Below you can see what the time is in Lexington, Iowa, United States now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Lexington, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lexington
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Lexington, Iowa.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:54 PM Sunset 6:27 PM Daylight 11 h 07 min Night 12 h 53 min Civil twilight 6:53 AM – 6:55 PM
Weather in Lexington right now
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Lexington and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02420
- 02421
- 12452
- 24450
- 27292
- 27293
- 27294
- 27295
- 29071
- 29072
- 29073
- 30648
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 Lexington
- Lexington Kentucky, United States
- Lexington Massachusetts, United States
- Lexington South Carolina, United States
- Lexington North Carolina, United States
- Lexington 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
- Bonaparte — 1.0 km
- Palestine (historical) — 1.8 km
- Vernon — 4.3 km
- Bentonsport — 4.4 km
- Plymouth — 7.8 km
- Harrisburg — 8.5 km
Time and daylight in Lexington
The full list of postal codes for Lexington runs to 12.
Local time in Lexington comes from the America/Chicago zone, UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun will rise at 7:20 AM and set at 6:27 PM in Lexington today. Daylight amounts to 11 h 07 min.
For Bonaparte and Palestine (historical) near Lexington, the clock reads the same.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Lexington?
- Lexington is in America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Do people in Lexington set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Lexington: Yes.
- When does light leave Lexington?
- Light leaves at 6:27 PM.