Elgin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.1302, -92.2516
- Elevation
- 326 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 055
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1391 km away
- Same name
- 33 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Elgin, Minnesota, United States
This page answers what time it is in Elgin, Minnesota, United States right now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Elgin, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Elgin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Elgin, Minnesota.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:39 AM Solar noon 12:54 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 7:09 AM – 6:39 PM
Weather in Elgin right now
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Elgin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 16413
- 29045
- 37732
- 45838
- 52141
- 55932
- 58533
- 60120
- 60121
- 60122
- 60123
- 60124
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 Elgin
- Elgin Illinois, United States
- Elgin Scotland, United Kingdom
- Elgin Texas, United States
- Elgin Oklahoma, United States
- Elgin South Carolina, 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
- Plainview — 7.5 km
- Viola — 7.6 km
- Potsdam — 8.0 km
- Bremen — 9.9 km
- Ringe — 12.0 km
- Kingsley Corner — 12.4 km
Time and daylight in Elgin
Close by, Plainview and Viola keep time with Elgin.
The number of postal codes covering Elgin is 12.
Hours in Elgin are kept by America/Chicago, standing at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Sun-up in Elgin is 7:39 AM today and sun-down is 6:09 PM. That gap holds 10 h 31 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Elgin in for local time?
- For local time, Elgin is in America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do clocks in Elgin shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What is the sunset time for Elgin?
- 6:09 PM.