Dotson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.1719, -94.9947
- Elevation
- 330 m above sea level
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1602 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dotson, Minnesota, United States
Look up the current time in Dotson, Minnesota, United States, which follows the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Dotson, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dotson
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Dotson, Minnesota.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:47 AM Solar noon 1:05 PM Sunset 6:23 PM Daylight 10 h 36 min Night 13 h 24 min Civil twilight 7:18 AM – 6:53 PM
Weather in Dotson right now
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Dotson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 56087 Springfield — 6.9 km away
- 56019 Comfrey — 9.4 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 Dotson
- Dotson Arkansas, United States
- Dotson Kentucky, United States
- Dotson Tennessee, United States
- Dotson Texas, United States
- Dotson Texas, 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
- Springfield — 7.6 km
- Comfrey — 9.9 km
- Sanborn — 11.5 km
- Leavenworth — 16.4 km
- Cobden — 17.2 km
- Darfur — 18.3 km
About the time in Dotson
Every address in Dotson sits within one of 2 postal codes.
Hours in Dotson are kept by America/Chicago, standing at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
The sun comes up over Dotson at 7:47 AM today and drops below the horizon at 6:23 PM. That is 10 h 36 min between the two.
Places close to Dotson, among them Springfield and Comfrey, share its time.
Questions and answers
- What is the local time zone in Dotson?
- The local time zone in Dotson is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Dotson stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Dotson: Yes.
- What time is first light in Dotson?
- The sun rises at 7:47 AM.