Dayton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.2439, -93.5150
- Elevation
- 268 m above sea level
- Population
- 5 096
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1528 km away
- Same name
- 36 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dayton, Minnesota, United States
Local time in Dayton, Minnesota, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Dayton, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dayton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Dayton keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:50 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 6:08 PM Daylight 10 h 18 min Night 13 h 42 min Civil twilight 7:19 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Dayton right now
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Dayton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 08810
- 14041
- 16222
- 21036
- 22821
- 37321
- 41074
- 45401
- 45402
- 45403
- 45404
- 45405
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 Dayton
- Dayton Ohio, United States
- Dayton Nevada, United States
- Dayton Texas, United States
- Dayton Tennessee, United States
- Dayton New Jersey, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Riverbend Mobile Home Park — 3.3 km
- Ramsey — 5.4 km
- Rogers — 6.8 km
- Otsego — 6.9 km
- Elk River — 7.8 km
- Fletcher — 8.2 km
Time and daylight in Dayton
Today's sunrise at Dayton falls at 7:50 AM; sunset follows at 6:08 PM. Between them lie 10 h 18 min of daylight.
Nearby Riverbend Mobile Home Park and Ramsey follow the same clock as Dayton.
Dayton operates with 12 postal codes.
Time in Dayton runs on America/Chicago, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Dayton uses?
- Dayton uses the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Do people in Dayton set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Dayton: Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Dayton.
- The sunset hour is 6:08 PM.