Moorhead in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.9225, -95.8514
- Elevation
- 343 m above sea level
- Population
- 218
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1625 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Moorhead, Iowa, United States
Learn the current time in Moorhead, Iowa, United States, a place in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Moorhead, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Moorhead
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Moorhead keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:54 AM Solar noon 1:08 PM Sunset 6:22 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 7:26 AM – 6:51 PM
Weather in Moorhead right now
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Moorhead and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 38761
- 51558
- 56560
- 56561
- 56562
- 56563
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 Moorhead
- Moorhead Minnesota, United States
- Moorhead Mississippi, United States
- Moorhead England, United Kingdom
- Moorhead Montana, United States
- Moorhead Pennsylvania, 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
- Soldier — 9.2 km
- Pisgah — 11.8 km
- Allen — 13.3 km
- Turin — 14.4 km
- Monona County — 16.9 km
- Castana — 17.5 km
Time and daylight in Moorhead
Moorhead is split into 6 postal code areas.
Clocks in Moorhead take America/Chicago as their zone, reading UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
The sun is up at 7:54 AM in Moorhead and down again at 6:22 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 27 min of daylight.
There is no time difference between Moorhead and nearby Soldier or Pisgah.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Moorhead?
- The time zone that includes Moorhead is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Moorhead?
- Daylight saving time in Moorhead: Yes.
- What time does the day start in Moorhead?
- The sun rises at 7:54 AM.