What time is it in Elk River, Minnesota?

Elk River is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Elk River sits at 45.33°N, 93.57°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Elk River.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Elk River it is highest at 1:05 pm today — 65 minutes after clock noon.

At 93.6°W, Elk River sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Elk River, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 56 minutes, from 15 hours 40 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 43 minutes in December.

At 45.3°N that puts Elk River between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.