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Local time · West Fargo

What time is it in West Fargo, North Dakota?

3:51:29AM

Friday, November 13, 2026Central Standard Time · UTC−6:00 · standard time
Time zone
CST
America/Chicago
UTC offset
−6:00
Standard is −6:00
Daylight saving
Not in force
Starts Sun, Mar 14
Population
41,027
City proper

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Daylight saving in West Fargo

West Fargo is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.

West Fargo sits at 46.86°N, 96.90°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in West Fargo.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over West Fargo it is highest at 12:11 pm today — 11 minutes after clock noon.

At 96.9°W, West Fargo 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 West Fargo today

Sunrise
7:28 am
Sunset
4:55 pm
Day length
9 hours 28 minutes
Longest day
15 hours 52 minutes

Today runs 9 hours 28 minutes in West Fargo, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 7 hours 21 minutes, from 15 hours 52 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 31 minutes in December.

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

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