Time in Des Moines, United States of America | Des Moines Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Des Moines
UTC -5
Central Time (CT) , currently 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
▪Time in Des Moines is 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Des Moines is
America/Chicago.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Des Moines
- ▪Sunrise: 07:34
- ▪Sunset: 18:22
- ▪Day length: 10h 47m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:58
- ▪Current time in Des Moines is currently 58 minutes ahead of solar time.
Des Moines on map
- ▪Location: Iowa, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 41,60. Longitude: -93,61
- ▪Population: 214,133
- ▪Elevation: 266 m
Time difference
from Des Moines
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:34
Solar noon 12:58Sunset 18:22
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Chicago- Abbreviation
- CDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 9 days, 20 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792666399
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:34
- Sunset
- 18:22
- Solar noon
- 12:58
- Day length
- 10h 47m
- Night length
- 13h 12m
- Civil twilight
- 07:06 – 18:50
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Iowa
- Coordinates
- 41.601°, -93.609°
- Elevation
- 266 m
- Population
- 214,133
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