Princeton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.5700, -93.5816
- Elevation
- 299 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 680
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1547 km away
- Same name
- 31 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Princeton, Minnesota, United States
You can see the current local time of Princeton, Minnesota, United States on this page, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Princeton, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Princeton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Princeton, Minnesota.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:51 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 6:08 PM Daylight 10 h 17 min Night 13 h 43 min Civil twilight 7:20 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Princeton right now
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Princeton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01541
- 04668
- 08540
- 08541
- 08542
- 08543
- 08544
- 24739
- 24740
- 27569
- 35766
- 42445
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 Princeton
- Princeton Florida, United States
- Princeton New Jersey, United States
- Princeton Texas, United States
- Princeton Indiana, United States
- Princeton Illinois, 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
- Sherburne Country Mobile Home Park — 2.9 km
- Brickton — 4.6 km
- Wyanett — 10.4 km
- Woodward Brook — 11.8 km
- Spencer Brook — 12.2 km
- Carmody — 12.5 km
Time and daylight in Princeton
Mail delivery in Princeton relies on 12 postal codes.
The time zone used in Princeton is America/Chicago, set at UTC−5. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise today is 7:51 AM in Princeton, with sunset at 6:08 PM. That works out to 10 h 17 min of light.
Sherburne Country Mobile Home Park and Brickton are close to Princeton and observe the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to Princeton?
- The time zone name for Princeton is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Princeton change with daylight saving?
- Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Princeton?
- At 6:08 PM.