Fosston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 47.5764, -95.7514
- Elevation
- 394 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 498
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1790 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fosston, Minnesota, United States
Get the current local time in Fosston, Minnesota, United States, a location in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Fosston, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Fosston
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Fosston, Minnesota.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:08 AM Solar noon 12:08 PM Sunset 5:07 PM Daylight 9 h 59 min Night 14 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:36 AM – 5:40 PM
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Fosston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 56542
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 Fosston
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
- West View Court — 0.0 km
- Countryside Mobile Home Park — 0.7 km
- Lengby — 11.0 km
- Mcintosh — 12.2 km
- Bartz Mobile Home Park — 12.5 km
- Olga — 14.0 km
About the time in Fosston
The local zone in Fosston is America/Chicago, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
The horizon brightens over Fosston at 7:08 AM, and the sun sets at 5:07 PM. Daylight runs 9 h 59 min.
West View Court and Countryside Mobile Home Park sit close to Fosston and run on the same clock.
Fosston takes in 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Fosston follow?
- Fosston follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Fosston?
- Daylight saving time in Fosston: No.
- What time does the sun set in Fosston?
- The sun sets in Fosston at 5:07 PM.