Local time · Watertown
What time is it in Watertown, South Dakota?
3:51:25AM
- Time zone
- CST
- America/Chicago
- UTC offset
- −6:00
- Standard is −6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 23,492
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Watertown
Watertown is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Watertown sits at 44.91°N, 97.16°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Watertown.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Watertown it is highest at 12:12 pm today — 12 minutes after clock noon.
At 97.2°W, Watertown sits 29 minutes of solar time west of Central Standard Time’s 90° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 29 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Watertown today
- Sunrise
- 7:23 am
- Sunset
- 5:02 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 38 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 36 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 38 minutes in Watertown, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 50 minutes, from 15 hours 36 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 46 minutes in December.
At 44.9°N that puts Watertown between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.