Ghent in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.5127, -95.8911
- Elevation
- 357 m above sea level
- Population
- 367
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1680 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ghent, Minnesota, United States
Get the current local time in Ghent, Minnesota, United States, a location in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Ghent, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ghent
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Ghent keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:01 AM Solar noon 1:08 PM Sunset 6:16 PM Daylight 10 h 15 min Night 13 h 45 min Civil twilight 7:30 AM – 6:46 PM
Weather in Ghent right now
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Ghent and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12075
- 25843
- 41045
- 56239
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 Ghent
- Ghent New York, United States
- Ghent West Virginia, United States
- Ghent Kentucky, United States
- Ghent Maine, United States
- Ghent Ohio, 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
- Kesteloot's Trailer Court — 8.8 km
- Minneota — 9.1 km
- Green Valley — 10.7 km
- Marshall — 11.0 km
- Garvin Park — 11.0 km
- Lyon County — 11.8 km
Ghent: clock, sun and surroundings
Nearby, Kesteloot's Trailer Court and Minneota go by the same clock as Ghent.
4 postal codes divide Ghent.
The time zone used in Ghent is America/Chicago, set at UTC−5. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
First light in Ghent comes at 8:01 AM today; darkness returns after 6:16 PM. The day gives 10 h 15 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Ghent?
- The designation used for Ghent is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is summer time applied in Ghent?
- Yes.
- Which time marks sunrise in Ghent?
- 8:01 AM marks sunrise.