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What time is it in Independence, Minnesota, United States

This page shows what the clocks read right now in Independence, Minnesota, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).

Independence, United States

8:06:11 AM

Thursday, 29 October 2026

UTC−5 · America/Chicago

Local time in Independence

UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active

What the clock shows right now in Independence.

The sun today

Sunrise 7:50 AM Solar noon 1:00 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 7:20 AM – 6:39 PM

Weather in Independence right now

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Independence and its neighbours

Independence at 45.0252, -93.7075 with the nearest towns within 8.8 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

24348
26374
38638
41051
44131
50644
54747
64050
64051
64052
64053
64054

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.

Independence in numbers

Coordinates: 45.0252, -93.7075
Elevation: 298 m above sea level
Population: 3 741
Region: Minnesota
Country: United States, North America
Capital: Washington, D.C. — 1534 km away
Same name: 36 more places in the world share this name

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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Same time zone — America/Chicago

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Nearby places

Armstrong — 2.2 km
Maple Plain — 4.5 km
Lyndale — 5.1 km
Lake Sarah — 5.4 km
Loretto — 6.5 km
Delano — 6.7 km

Time and daylight in Independence

The hour in Independence is the hour in Armstrong and Maple Plain as well.

Coverage of Independence by postal code amounts to 12 entries.

Independence adheres to America/Chicago, a UTC−5 offset. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.

Today's daylight in Independence begins at 7:50 AM and finishes at 6:09 PM. The total is 10 h 19 min.

Questions and answers

Which zone should be used to show the time in Independence?: Use America/Chicago to show the time in Independence; its offset is −5.
Does the time in Independence shift by an hour at any point in the year?: Yes.
Tell me the sunrise hour in Independence.: The sunrise hour is 7:50 AM.