Kensington in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.7780, -95.6962
- Elevation
- 399 m above sea level
- Population
- 291
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1708 km away
- Same name
- 46 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Kensington, Minnesota, United States
On this page you will find the exact local time in Kensington, Minnesota, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Kensington, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Kensington
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Kensington keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:58 AM Solar noon 1:08 PM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 7:27 AM – 6:48 PM
Weather in Kensington right now
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Kensington and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20891
- 20895
- 44427
- 56343
- 66951
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 Kensington
- Kensington New York, United States
- Kensington England, United Kingdom
- Kensington New South Wales, Australia
- Kensington Victoria, Australia
- Kensington Connecticut, 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
- Farwell — 6.8 km
- Hoffman — 9.4 km
- Holmes City — 13.5 km
- Lowry — 16.0 km
- Cyrus — 18.4 km
- Barrett — 21.1 km
Kensington: clock, sun and surroundings
Nearby, Farwell and Hoffman go by the same clock as Kensington.
A total of 5 postal codes belong to Kensington.
Local clocks in Kensington follow the America/Chicago zone, UTC−5. Do they shift for daylight saving? Yes.
The sun shows itself over Kensington at 7:58 AM and sets at 6:17 PM today. That is 10 h 19 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Kensington use?
- Kensington uses America/Chicago, which has an offset of −5.
- Does Kensington switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Kensington: Yes.
- At what time is the sun rising in Kensington?
- The sun is rising at 7:58 AM.