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Time in Minnesota, United States now

02:51:42

Wednesday, 11 March, 2026, week 11

Minnesota switched to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, 8 March. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:37 ↓ 19:17 (11h 41m) - More info - Make Minnesota time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Minnesota

UTC -5

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
The time in Minnesota is normally one hour behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Minnesota can for a short while be two hours behind or the same as the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Minnesota is America/Chicago.

Sunday March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Time difference
from Minnesota

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+2 hours
London	+5 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+16 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Minnesota

Sunrise: 07:37
Sunset: 19:17
Day length: 11h 41m
Solar noon: 13:27
The current local time in Minnesota is 87 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Minnesota on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 46.25. Longitude: -94.25
Population: 5,142,000
Elevation: 370 m

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Annual average temperatures
for Minnesota 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.