Detroit Lakes in numbers
- Coordinates
- 46.8172, -95.8453
- Elevation
- 418 m above sea level
- Population
- 9 002
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1762 km away
What time is it in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States
Local time in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Detroit Lakes, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Detroit Lakes
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Detroit Lakes keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:42 AM Solar noon 1:10 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 10 h 56 min Night 13 h 04 min Civil twilight 7:11 AM – 7:09 PM
Weather in Detroit Lakes right now
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Detroit Lakes and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 56501
- 56502
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
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Clem's Long Bridge Mobile Home Park — 0.9 km
- Richards — 5.5 km
- Floyd Lake Mobile Home Park — 5.6 km
- Shoreham — 7.8 km
- Oak Grove Mobile Home Park — 8.3 km
- Riverview Terrace Mobile Home Park — 10.3 km
Detroit Lakes: clock, sun and surroundings
Neighbouring Clem's Long Bridge Mobile Home Park and Richards keep the same hours as Detroit Lakes.
2 postal codes correspond to Detroit Lakes.
Detroit Lakes tells time by America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Today's times for Detroit Lakes: the sun is up at 7:42 AM and down at 6:38 PM. That means 10 h 56 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Detroit Lakes in for local time?
- For local time, Detroit Lakes is in America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Detroit Lakes run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Detroit Lakes: Yes.
- When does daylight begin in Detroit Lakes?
- Daylight begins at 7:42 AM.