Cottonwood in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.6088, -95.6742
- Elevation
- 329 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 212
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1667 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
The current local time in Cottonwood, Minnesota, United States — time zone America/Chicago (−6) — is shown right here.
Cottonwood, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cottonwood
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Cottonwood keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
Sunrise 7:11 AM Solar noon 12:08 PM Sunset 5:04 PM Daylight 9 h 53 min Night 14 h 07 min Civil twilight 6:40 AM – 5:35 PM
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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.
Time runs the same in Cottonwood and in nearby Lindsay Mobile Home Court and Hanley Falls.
Cottonwood carries 5 postal codes.
Cottonwood holds to America/Chicago time, which equals UTC−6. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: No.
Morning light reaches Cottonwood at 7:11 AM, and the sun sets at 5:04 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 9 h 53 min.