What time is it in Williston, North Dakota?

Most of North Dakota is on Central Daylight Time, but Williston keeps Mountain Daylight 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.

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

Williston sits at 48.19°N, 103.65°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Williston.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Mountain Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Williston it is highest at 12:46 pm today — 46 minutes after clock noon.

A time zone is fifteen degrees of longitude wide, so a city near its eastern edge sees the sun peak well before noon by the clock and one near the western edge well after. Williston sits at 103.6°W, toward the western side of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top of that until the clocks change.