Local time · Bismarck
What time is it in Bismarck, North Dakota?
3:50:54AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 77,772
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Bismarck
Bismarck is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Bismarck sits at 46.81°N, 100.77°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bismarck.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Bismarck it is highest at 12:27 pm today — 27 minutes after clock noon.
At 100.8°W, Bismarck sits 43 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 43 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Bismarck today
- Sunrise
- 7:43 am
- Sunset
- 5:11 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 28 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 52 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 28 minutes in Bismarck, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 7 hours 20 minutes, from 15 hours 52 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 32 minutes in December.
At 46.8°N that puts Bismarck between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.