Central in numbers
- Coordinates
- 48.6994, -94.3430
- Elevation
- 333 m above sea level
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1759 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Central, Minnesota, United States
See the local time in Central, Minnesota, United States right now, measured in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Central, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Central
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Central.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:55 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 10 h 14 min Night 13 h 46 min Civil twilight 7:23 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in Central right now
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Central and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29630
- 47110
- 84722
- 85531
- 99730
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 Central
- Central Louisiana, United States
- Central Bahia, Brazil
- Central Ontario, Canada
- Central Central and Western, Hong Kong
- Central South Carolina, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Border — 4.8 km
- Clementson — 6.9 km
- Frontier — 8.0 km
- Judy's East Side Trailer Park — 16.8 km
- Birchdale — 19.5 km
- Wayland — 25.8 km
Time and daylight in Central
Sorting mail for Central involves 5 postal codes.
Clocks in Central take America/Chicago as their zone, reading UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Sunrise comes to Central at 7:55 AM and sunset at 6:09 PM today. Together that makes 10 h 14 min of light.
Central and its neighbours Border and Clementson keep one clock.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Central?
- The time in Central is calculated using America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Will the time in Central move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Central: Yes.
- What time does the sun rise in Central?
- The sun rises in Central at 7:55 AM.