What time is it in Bismarck, North Dakota?
7:55:37 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 77,772
Daylight saving in Bismarck
Bismarck is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 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 Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Bismarck it is highest at 1:34 pm today — 94 minutes after clock noon.
At 100.8°W, Bismarck 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.
Daylight in Bismarck today
- Sunrise
- 7:34 am
- Sunset
- 7:34 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 52 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute 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.