What time is it in Aberdeen, South Dakota?

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

Aberdeen sits at 45.46°N, 98.47°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Aberdeen.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Aberdeen it is highest at 1:25 pm today — 85 minutes after clock noon.

At 98.5°W, Aberdeen 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 Aberdeen, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 58 minutes, from 15 hours 41 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 42 minutes in December.

At 45.5°N that puts Aberdeen between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.