What time is it in Fargo, North Dakota?

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

Fargo sits at 46.86°N, 96.83°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Fargo.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Fargo it is highest at 1:18 pm today — 78 minutes after clock noon.

At 96.8°W, Fargo 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 Fargo, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 7 hours 21 minutes, from 15 hours 53 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 31 minutes in December.

At 46.9°N that puts Fargo between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.