Ottertail in numbers
- Coordinates
- 46.4255, -95.5573
- Elevation
- 412 m above sea level
- Population
- 602
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1724 km away
What time is it in Ottertail, Minnesota, United States
Local time right now in Ottertail, Minnesota, United States appears above, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Ottertail, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ottertail
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Ottertail, Minnesota.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:06 AM Solar noon 12:07 PM Sunset 5:08 PM Daylight 10 h 02 min Night 13 h 58 min Civil twilight 6:35 AM – 5:39 PM
Weather in Ottertail right now
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Ottertail and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 56571
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
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
- Leaf City (historical) — 7.2 km
- Richville Trailer Park — 10.4 km
- Richville — 10.4 km
- Inglewood — 10.7 km
- Basswood — 10.9 km
- Otter Tail County — 11.7 km
Time and daylight in Ottertail
Clocks across Ottertail run on America/Chicago at UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun comes up over Ottertail at 7:06 AM today and drops below the horizon at 5:08 PM. That is 10 h 02 min between the two.
Ottertail shares its time with neighbouring Leaf City (historical) and Richville.
Deliveries to Ottertail are sorted by 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone for Ottertail?
- The time zone for Ottertail is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Ottertail?
- Daylight saving in Ottertail: No.
- What is the sunset time for Ottertail?
- 5:08 PM.