West Union in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.9628, -91.8082
- Elevation
- 362 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 409
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1319 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in West Union, Iowa, United States
This page carries the current local time for West Union, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
West Union, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in West Union
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in West Union.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 11:52 AM Sunset 5:00 PM Daylight 10 h 16 min Night 13 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:29 PM
Weather in West Union right now
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West Union and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 26456
- 29696
- 45693
- 52175
- 56389
- 62477
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 West Union
- West Union Ohio, United States
- West Union West Virginia, United States
- West Union South Carolina, United States
- West Union Illinois, United States
- West Union Minnesota, 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
- Douglass — 7.2 km
- Dover Mills — 9.0 km
- Brainard — 9.1 km
- Donnan — 9.3 km
- Eldorado — 10.0 km
- Albany — 11.5 km
Local time details for West Union
Nothing changes on the clock between West Union and neighbouring Douglass or Dover Mills.
West Union works with 6 postal codes.
The time zone here in West Union is America/Chicago, offset UTC−6. Does daylight saving apply? No.
Today the sun comes up at 6:44 AM in West Union and goes down at 5:00 PM. Daylight measures 10 h 16 min.
Questions and answers
- How is West Union's time zone listed?
- West Union's time zone is listed as America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in West Union?
- Daylight saving in West Union: No.
- At what time is the sun setting in West Union?
- The sun is setting at 5:00 PM.