Wadena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.8428, -91.6568
- Elevation
- 269 m above sea level
- Population
- 253
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1303 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Wadena, Iowa, United States
The local time in Wadena, Iowa, United States — in the America/Chicago time zone (−5) — is shown on this page.
Wadena, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Wadena
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Wadena keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:34 AM Solar noon 12:52 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 7:05 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Wadena right now
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Wadena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 52169
- 56482
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 Wadena
- Wadena Minnesota, United States
- Wadena Saskatchewan, Canada
- Wadena Indiana, United States
- Wadena Oklahoma, 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
Local time details for Wadena
For Wadena the applicable zone is America/Chicago, running UTC−5. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Morning light reaches Wadena at 7:34 AM, and the sun sets at 6:09 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 35 min.
Nearby Illyria and Highland need no separate clock from Wadena.
The number of postal codes covering Wadena is 2.
Questions and answers
- How can I identify the time zone of Wadena?
- The time zone of Wadena is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Wadena change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Wadena: Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in Wadena?
- It disappears at 6:09 PM.