Ottumwa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.0200, -92.4113
- Population
- 24 624
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1330 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States
This page keeps the current time in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Ottumwa, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ottumwa
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Ottumwa keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:43 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:06 PM Daylight 10 h 23 min Night 13 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:35 PM
Weather in Ottumwa right now
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Ottumwa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 52501
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 Ottumwa
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
- Wapello County — 1.2 km
- Pickwick — 1.4 km
- Golden Arrow Mobile Park — 3.1 km
- East Ottumwa — 3.2 km
- Ottumwa Junction — 4.0 km
- Phillips — 4.0 km
Local time details for Ottumwa
Nearby places like Wapello County and Pickwick are on Ottumwa time.
Ottumwa spans 1 postal code.
Local timekeeping in Ottumwa uses America/Chicago, equal to UTC−6. Summer clock change: No.
The sun climbs above Ottumwa at 6:43 AM and dips below at 5:06 PM. Between them sit 10 h 23 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to Ottumwa?
- The time zone name for Ottumwa is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is the time in Ottumwa adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Ottumwa.
- The sunrise hour is 6:43 AM.