Dawson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.9327, -96.0545
- Elevation
- 319 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 444
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1706 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dawson, Minnesota, United States
The clock on this page follows the local time of Dawson, Minnesota, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Dawson, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dawson
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Dawson keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:54 AM Solar noon 1:09 PM Sunset 6:25 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 7:24 AM – 6:55 PM
Weather in Dawson right now
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Dawson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15428
- 35963
- 39842
- 50066
- 56232
- 58428
- 62520
- 68337
- 76639
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 Dawson
- Dawson Georgia, United States
- Dawson Texas, United States
- Dawson Illinois, United States
- Dawson Pennsylvania, United States
- Dawson 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
- Lac Qui Parle County — 11.7 km
- Providence — 11.9 km
- Cerro Gordo — 13.4 km
- Lac Qui Parle — 13.9 km
- Madison — 14.0 km
- Boyd — 15.2 km
Dawson: clock, sun and surroundings
Dawson carries the America/Chicago zone, offset UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is applied: Yes.
The sun rises today at 7:54 AM in Dawson and sets at 6:25 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 31 min.
Neighbouring Lac Qui Parle County and Providence keep the same hours as Dawson.
The postal code count for Dawson is 9.
Questions and answers
- What is Dawson's time zone?
- Dawson's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in Dawson shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in Dawson?
- Local sunrise is 7:54 AM.