Nelson in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.8894, -95.2642
- Elevation
- 415 m above sea level
- Population
- 186
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1681 km away
- Same name
- 39 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nelson, Minnesota, United States
This page reports the local time in Nelson, Minnesota, United States, set by the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Nelson, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Nelson
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Nelson keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:01 AM Solar noon 1:06 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 10 min Night 13 h 50 min Civil twilight 7:30 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in Nelson right now
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Nelson and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 03457
- 16940
- 24580
- 30151
- 54756
- 56355
- 65347
- 68961
- 95958
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 Nelson
- Nelson Nelson Region, New Zealand
- Nelson England, United Kingdom
- Nelson Wales, United Kingdom
- Nelson British Columbia, Canada
- Nelson Georgia, 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
- Hiview Park — 6.4 km
- Hustad Mobile Home Park — 6.6 km
- Olson's Mobile Park — 7.1 km
- Alexandria Mobile Estates — 8.7 km
- Alexandria — 8.8 km
- Osakis — 9.0 km
Nelson: clock, sun and surroundings
For Hiview Park and Hustad Mobile Home Park near Nelson, the clock reads the same.
Nelson appears under 9 postal codes.
Nelson operates on America/Chicago at UTC−5. Daylight saving time used here: Yes.
Nelson sees first light at 8:01 AM today and the sun sets at 6:11 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 10 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Nelson?
- Time in Nelson follows the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Nelson change with daylight saving?
- Yes.
- When does the sun come up in Nelson?
- Sunrise in Nelson is at 8:01 AM.