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Time in South Dakota, United States now

17:04:58

Wednesday la 11a de November, 2026, week 46

Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day / Singles' Day / Independence Day (Poland)

South Dakota has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Pierre is used here.
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Time zone info for South Dakota

UTC -6

Central Time (CT)
now 1 hour behind New York

From 14 March 2027: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
UTC -6 is the time zone offset for Mountain Daylight Time (MDT), Central Standard Time (CST), Alberta Time (ABT) and Northwest Territories Time (NWTT).
The IANA time zone identifier for South Dakota is America/Chicago.

Sunday November 1 2026

Latest change: Winter time started

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

Sunday March 14 2027

Next change: Summer time starts

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

Time difference
from South Dakota

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+3 hours
London	+6 hours
UTC	+6 hours
Lagos	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Johannesburg	+8 hours
Istanbul	+9 hours
Moscow	+9 hours
Dubai	+10 hours
Mumbai	+11.5 hours
Hong Kong	+14 hours
Shanghai	+14 hours
Singapore	+14 hours
Tokyo	+15 hours
Sydney	+17 hours

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South Dakota on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 44.50. Longitude: -100.25
Population: 925,000
Elevation: 550 m

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Annual average temperatures
for South Dakota 1895-2021

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