Local time · Dickinson
What time is it in Dickinson, North Dakota?
2:50:48AM
- Time zone
- MST
- America/Denver
- UTC offset
- −7:00
- Standard is −7:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 25,695
- City proper
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About this clock
Dickinson does not keep North Dakota's usual time
Most of North Dakota is on Central Standard Time, but Dickinson keeps Mountain Standard Time — 1 hour behind the rest of the state. This is the kind of thing that catches people out, and it is why the zone is resolved from the city’s own coordinates rather than assumed from the state.
Dickinson is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Dickinson sits at 46.89°N, 102.80°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Dickinson.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Mountain Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Dickinson it is highest at 11:35 am today — 25 minutes before clock noon.
At 102.8°W, Dickinson sits 9 minutes of solar time east of Mountain Standard Time’s 105° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 9 minutes before noon.
Daylight in Dickinson today
- Sunrise
- 6:51 am
- Sunset
- 4:19 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 27 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 53 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 27 minutes in Dickinson, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 7 hours 22 minutes, from 15 hours 53 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 31 minutes in December.
At 46.9°N that puts Dickinson between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.