What time is it in South Dakota?
2:30:56AM
Central Standard TimeUTC-6America/Chicago
South Dakota observes Daylight Saving Time
Clocks go forward an hour on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November, so South Dakota is on Central Daylight Time in summer and Central Standard Time in winter.
Eastern South Dakota, including Sioux Falls, is on Central Time. The western half, including Rapid City and the Black Hills, keeps Mountain Time.
When the clocks change — the next date, and every one to 2031.
South Dakota spans 2 zones
- Central Standard TimeUTC-6America/Chicago
- Mountain Standard TimeUTC-7America/Denver
South Dakota cities on a different clock
Most of South Dakota keeps one zone, but 1 city does not. Each has its own page, because the answer there is genuinely different — everywhere else in the state the clock is the one above.