Pekin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.1628, -92.1596
- Elevation
- 249 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1310 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Pekin, Iowa, United States
Check the current local time in Pekin, Iowa, United States, which sits in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Pekin, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Pekin
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Pekin.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:42 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:05 PM Daylight 10 h 23 min Night 13 h 37 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 5:33 PM
Weather in Pekin right now
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Pekin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 47165
- 58361
- 61554
- 61555
- 61558
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 Pekin
- Pekin Illinois, United States
- Pekin North Dakota, United States
- Pekin Lara, Venezuela
- Pekin Antioquia, Colombia
- Pekin Meta Department, Colombia
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
- Linby — 2.0 km
- Ioka (historical) — 3.4 km
- Nugent — 5.4 km
- Ollie — 6.9 km
- Packwood — 7.3 km
- Competine — 7.4 km
Local time details for Pekin
In Pekin, first light arrives at 6:42 AM and the sun goes down at 5:05 PM. The day holds 10 h 23 min of light.
The clock in nearby Linby and Ioka (historical) follows Pekin.
Within Pekin, postal codes number 5.
Pekin runs on America/Chicago, which sits UTC−6 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Pekin follow?
- Pekin follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Pekin?
- No.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Pekin.
- The sunset hour is 5:05 PM.