Local time · Crystal
What time is it in Crystal, Minnesota?
3:49:06AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 22,082
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Crystal
Crystal is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Crystal sits at 45.04°N, 93.36°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Crystal.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Crystal it is highest at 11:57 am today — 3 minutes before clock noon.
At 93.4°W, Crystal sits 13 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 13 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Crystal today
- Sunrise
- 7:08 am
- Sunset
- 4:46 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 38 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 37 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 38 minutes in Crystal, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 52 minutes, from 15 hours 37 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 46 minutes in December.
At 45.0°N that puts Crystal between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.