Brainerd in numbers
- Coordinates
- 46.3580, -94.2008
- Elevation
- 371 m above sea level
- Population
- 13 371
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1626 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Brainerd, Minnesota, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Brainerd, Minnesota, United States, which uses America/Chicago (−5).
Brainerd, United States
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Brainerd
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Brainerd.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:42 AM Solar noon 1:03 PM Sunset 6:23 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 7:11 AM – 6:54 PM
Weather in Brainerd right now
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Brainerd and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 56401
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
Other places named Brainerd
- Brainerd Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica
- Brainerd Illinois, United States
- Brainerd Kansas, United States
- Brainerd Tennessee, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
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- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Westwood Mobile Home Park — 1.5 km
- East Gate Mobile Home Park — 2.6 km
- Meadow View Manor — 2.7 km
- Perch Lake Trailer Court — 5.0 km
- Lazy Acre's Trailer Court — 5.7 km
- Baxter — 6.8 km
About the time in Brainerd
The area of Brainerd is divided into 1 postal code.
Brainerd belongs to the America/Chicago zone, placing local clocks at UTC−5. Summer time adjustment: Yes.
Sunrise today in Brainerd lands at 7:42 AM; sunset lands at 6:23 PM. That is 10 h 41 min of light.
Westwood Mobile Home Park and East Gate Mobile Home Park lie near Brainerd and keep identical time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Brainerd?
- In Brainerd, the applicable time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Brainerd observe daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Brainerd?
- It appears at 7:42 AM.