Dakota County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.6719, -93.0654
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1473 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States
This is a live clock for Dakota County, Minnesota, United States, showing local time in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Dakota County, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dakota County
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Dakota County keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:50 AM Solar noon 12:57 PM Sunset 6:04 PM Daylight 10 h 15 min Night 13 h 45 min Civil twilight 7:19 AM – 6:35 PM
Weather in Dakota County right now
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Dakota County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 55024 Farmington — 7.1 km away
- 55085 Vermillion — 7.7 km away
- 55068 Rosemount — 8.9 km away
- 55031 Hampton — 12.1 km away
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 Dakota County
- Dakota County Nebraska, 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
- Empire — 4.3 km
- Coates — 5.4 km
- Farmington — 7.1 km
- Vermillion — 7.8 km
- Rich Valley — 8.4 km
- Hampton — 8.5 km
Local time details for Dakota County
Dakota County is covered by 4 postal codes.
The time zone in effect for Dakota County is America/Chicago, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Sunrise today is 7:50 AM in Dakota County, with sunset at 6:04 PM. That works out to 10 h 15 min of light.
Neighbouring places Empire and Coates run on Dakota County time.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Dakota County be stated?
- It should be stated as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Dakota County?
- Daylight saving time in Dakota County: Yes.
- When does daylight end in Dakota County?
- Daylight ends at 6:04 PM.