Albert Lea in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.6480, -93.3683
- Population
- 17 674
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1461 km away
What time is it in Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Albert Lea, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Albert Lea
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:49 AM Solar noon 12:58 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 7:19 AM – 6:37 PM
Weather in Albert Lea right now
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Albert Lea and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 56007
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Minnesota
- Minneapolis 410 939
- Saint Paul 303 176
- Rochester 112 225
- Bloomington 86 435
- Duluth 86 110
- Brooklyn Park 79 149
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Freeborn County — 3.3 km
- Rainbow Terrace Mobile Home Park — 3.5 km
- Stoney Creek Estates — 3.8 km
- Bancroft — 6.1 km
- Murtaugh — 6.2 km
- Armstrong — 8.2 km
Local time details for Albert Lea
In Freeborn County and Rainbow Terrace Mobile Home Park the clock agrees with Albert Lea.
Records show 1 postal code for Albert Lea.
The clock in Albert Lea is set to America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
Daylight arrives in Albert Lea at 7:49 AM and departs at 6:07 PM. It lasts 10 h 19 min today.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Albert Lea uses?
- Albert Lea uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Albert Lea change with daylight saving?
- Yes.
- At what time is the sun setting in Albert Lea?
- The sun is setting at 6:07 PM.