Local time · Minneapolis
What time is it in Minneapolis, Minnesota?
3:49:39AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 428,579
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Minneapolis
Minneapolis is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Minneapolis sits at 44.96°N, 93.27°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Minneapolis.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Minneapolis it is highest at 11:57 am today — 3 minutes before clock noon.
At 93.3°W, Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 51 minutes, from 15 hours 37 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 46 minutes in December.
At 45.0°N that puts Minneapolis between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.