What time is it in Mankato, Minnesota?

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

Mankato sits at 44.17°N, 93.98°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Mankato.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Mankato it is highest at 1:07 pm today — 67 minutes after clock noon.

At 94.0°W, Mankato 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 Mankato, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 39 minutes, from 15 hours 30 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 52 minutes in December.

At 44.2°N that puts Mankato between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.