Rice County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.3543, -93.2967
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1478 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rice County, Minnesota, United States
Read off the current local time in Rice County, Minnesota, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Rice County, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Rice County
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Rice County.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:42 AM Solar noon 12:58 PM Sunset 6:15 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 7:12 AM – 6:44 PM
Weather in Rice County right now
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Rice County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 55021 Faribault — 6.8 km away
- 55019 Dundas — 8.7 km away
- 55087 Warsaw — 14.1 km away
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 Rice County
- Rice County Kansas, 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
- Comus — 4.6 km
- Faribault — 7.0 km
- Cannon City — 7.3 km
- Millersburg — 8.6 km
- Shieldsville — 9.0 km
- Dundas — 11.2 km
About the time in Rice County
The applicable time zone for Rice County is America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Seasonal clock change applies: Yes.
Rice County gets its sunrise at 7:42 AM and its sunset at 6:15 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 10 h 33 min.
Close by, Comus and Faribault keep time with Rice County.
3 postal codes serve Rice County.
Questions and answers
- Is America/Chicago the time zone for Rice County?
- Yes, America/Chicago is the time zone for Rice County, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Rice County?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Rice County.
- The sun rises at 7:42 AM.