Selma in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.8703, -92.1532
- Elevation
- 188 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1307 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Selma, Iowa, United States
See what time it currently is in Selma, Iowa, United States — the time zone there is America/Chicago (−5).
Selma, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Selma
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Selma.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:23 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:27 PM Daylight 11 h 04 min Night 12 h 56 min Civil twilight 6:55 AM – 6:55 PM
Weather in Selma right now
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Selma and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24474
- 27576
- 36701
- 36702
- 36703
- 47383
- 52588
- 93662
- 97538
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 Selma
- Selma California, United States
- Selma Alabama, United States
- Selma Texas, United States
- Selma North Carolina, United States
- Selma Indiana, 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
- White Elm — 5.0 km
- Douds — 6.6 km
- Leando — 6.8 km
- Business Corners (historical) — 7.8 km
- Eldon — 8.0 km
- Chequest — 9.1 km
Time and daylight in Selma
The time zone here in Selma is America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
Sunrise in Selma is at 7:23 AM today, and sunset comes at 6:27 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 04 min.
Time in Selma applies without change in White Elm and Douds nearby.
9 postal codes correspond to Selma.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Selma?
- Use America/Chicago to show the time in Selma; its offset is −5.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Selma?
- Daylight saving time in Selma: Yes.
- Sunrise in Selma is at what time?
- At 7:23 AM.