Current Local Time & Date, Time Zone and Time Difference West Des Moines, United StatesWest Des MoinesUnited States

What time is it?

Current local time inWest Des Moines United States

What day is it in West Des Moines right now?

Sunday (May 17, 2026)

Central Daylight Time (North America)CDT

Time Zone

America/
Chicago

Universal Time Coordinated GMT / UTC

UTC-6

Daylight Saving Time CDT: Central Daylight Time (North America)

Currently in use
UTC-5

Standard Time CST: Central Standard Time (Central America)

UTC-6

Latest clock change
to Daylight Saving Time

Time Change in West Des Moines to Daylight Saving Time from 2:00 am to 3:00 am

Sunday, March 8, 2026

1 hour forward

from 2:00 am to 3:00 am

Next time change
to Standard Time

Time Change in West Des Moines to Standard Time from 2:00 am to 1:00 am

Sunday, November 1, 2026

1 hour back

from 2:00 am to 1:00 am

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West Des Moines

Time Difference to major World Cities

Los Angeles -2 hours
Mexico City -1 hour
New York +1 hour
São Paulo +2 hours
London +6 hours
Berlin, Frankfurt, Paris, Madrid, Rome +7 hours
Mumbai +10:30 hours
Hong Kong +13 hours
Tokyo +14 hours
Sydney +15 hours

The sun in West Des Moines
Today, May 17, 2026

Sunrise West Des Moines

Sunrise

5:53 am

Local time
Sunset West Des Moines

Sunset

8:29 pm

Local time

City information

Alternative names

  • Valley Junction
  • Vehst Dehs Mojnehs
  • Vest-De-Mojn
  • West Des Moines
  • uesutodemoin
  • wst ds mwyns aywwa
  • wysant dy mwynz
  • wyst dy mwynz
  • xi de mei yin
  • Вест-Де-Мойн
  • Вэст Дэс Мойнэс
  • وست دس موینس، آیووا
  • ويسانت دى موينز
  • ويست دي موينز
  • ویسٹ دی موین، آئیووا
  • ウェストデモイン
  • 西得梅因

Country

West Des Moines is a city in United States.

Time Zone

The name of the time zone is America/Chicago.

Population

64,113 People

Elevation above sea level

252m

Major cities in the vicinity of West Des Moines (Polk County, Iowa)

Omaha ... 182 km
Lincoln ... 252 km
Kansas City ... 282 km
Saint Paul ... 374 km
Minneapolis ... 377 km
Madison ... 383 km
St. Louis ... 430 km
Chicago ... 486 km
Milwaukee ... 492 km
Wichita ... 517 km
Tulsa ... 624 km
Indianapolis ... 637 km
Fort Wayne ... 689 km
Louisville ... 734 km
Oklahoma City ... 738 km
Memphis ... 766 km
Cincinnati ... 784 km
Toledo ... 813 km
Nashville ... 814 km
Lexington ... 838 km
Detroit ... 858 km
Columbus ... 876 km
Aurora ... 913 km
Denver ... 925 km
Colorado Springs ... 939 km
Meads ... 947 km
Winnipeg ... 955 km
Cleveland ... 962 km

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