Local time · Grand Forks
What time is it in Grand Forks, North Dakota?
3:51:27AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 59,845
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Grand Forks
Grand Forks is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Grand Forks sits at 47.92°N, 97.09°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Grand Forks.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Grand Forks it is highest at 12:12 pm today — 12 minutes after clock noon.
At 97.1°W, Grand Forks sits 28 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 28 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Grand Forks today
- Sunrise
- 7:31 am
- Sunset
- 4:53 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 21 minutes
- Longest day
- 16 hours 2 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 21 minutes in Grand Forks, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 7 hours 39 minutes, from 16 hours 2 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 23 minutes in December.
At 47.9°N that puts Grand Forks between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.