Heron Lake in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.7950, -95.3203
- Elevation
- 433 m above sea level
- Population
- 676
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1617 km away
What time is it in Heron Lake, Minnesota, United States
Right now in Heron Lake, Minnesota, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Heron Lake, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Heron Lake
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Heron Lake keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:01 AM Solar noon 12:06 PM Sunset 5:11 PM Daylight 10 h 10 min Night 13 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:31 AM – 5:41 PM
Weather in Heron Lake right now
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Heron Lake and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 56137
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
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Nearby places
Time and daylight in Heron Lake
Clocks in Heron Lake follow America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−6 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.
In Heron Lake, today's sun rises at 7:01 AM and sets at 5:11 PM. Light stays for 10 h 10 min.
Same time, different place: Miloma and Okabena near Heron Lake.
1 postal code serve Heron Lake.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Heron Lake be stated?
- It should be stated as America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Heron Lake run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Heron Lake: No.
- What time does the day end in Heron Lake?
- The sun sets at 5:11 PM.