Ottawa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.3119, -93.5022
- Elevation
- 246 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1424 km away
- Same name
- 15 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ottawa, Iowa, United States
What follows is the current local time in Ottawa, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Ottawa, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ottawa
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Ottawa.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 5:11 PM Daylight 10 h 25 min Night 13 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:40 PM
Weather in Ottawa right now
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Ottawa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 25149
- 45875
- 61350
- 66067
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 Ottawa
- Ottawa Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Illinois, United States
- Ottawa Kansas, United States
- Ottawa Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast
- Ottawa Ohio, 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
- Hammondsburgh (historical) — 2.5 km
- Clarkson (historical) — 4.9 km
- Milo — 5.5 km
- Warren County — 5.5 km
- North American Trailer Park — 5.6 km
- Ackworth — 6.6 km
Local time details for Ottawa
In Hammondsburgh (historical) and Clarkson (historical) the clock agrees with Ottawa.
Within Ottawa, postal codes number 4.
Local clocks in Ottawa answer to America/Chicago, set UTC−6 from UTC. Daylight saving time: No.
Expect sunrise at 6:46 AM and sunset at 5:11 PM in Ottawa today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 25 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Ottawa?
- Local time in Ottawa is determined by America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does the local time in Ottawa change with daylight saving?
- No.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Ottawa — what are they?
- Sunrise at 6:46 AM, sunset at 5:11 PM.