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Time in Des Moines, Iowa, United States now

02:58:06

Wednesday, 4 March, 2026, week 10

Des Moines switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, 8 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:44 ↓ 18:08 (11h 25m) - More info - Make Des Moines time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Des Moines

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
The time in Des Moines is normally one hour behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Des Moines can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Des Moines is America/Chicago.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from Des Moines

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+3 hours
London	+6 hours
UTC	+6 hours
Lagos	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Johannesburg	+8 hours
Istanbul	+9 hours
Moscow	+9 hours
Dubai	+10 hours
Mumbai	+11.5 hours
Hong Kong	+14 hours
Shanghai	+14 hours
Singapore	+14 hours
Tokyo	+15 hours
Sydney	+17 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Des Moines

Sunrise: 06:44
Sunset: 18:08
Day length: 11h 25m
Solar noon: 12:26
The current local time in Des Moines is 26 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Des Moines on the map

Location: Iowa, United States
Latitude: 41.60. Longitude: -93.61
Population: 214,000
Elevation: 270 m

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Best restaurants in Des Moines

#1 The Breakfast Club - Cocktail bars and vegetarian options food
#2 Simon's - Italian and american food
#3 South Union Bread Cafe - Pizza and vegetarian options food

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