South Yankton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.8494, -97.3984
- Elevation
- 358 m above sea level
- Region
- Nebraska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1763 km away
What time is it in South Yankton, Nebraska, United States
This page tells you the time right now in South Yankton, Nebraska, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
South Yankton, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in South Yankton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
South Yankton keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:45 AM Solar noon 1:16 PM Sunset 6:47 PM Daylight 11 h 02 min Night 12 h 58 min Civil twilight 7:16 AM – 7:16 PM
Weather in South Yankton right now
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South Yankton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 57078 Yankton — 3.6 km away
- 68774 Saint Helena — 9.1 km away
- 68736 Fordyce — 13.6 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 Nebraska
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
- Yankton — 2.4 km
- Aten — 3.6 km
- Unorganized Territory Of Southeast Yankton — 7.1 km
- Menominee — 7.2 km
- Fairview Heights — 10.5 km
- Northshore Development — 10.7 km
About the time in South Yankton
3 postal codes are listed for South Yankton.
South Yankton is on America/Chicago time, which corresponds to UTC−5. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
Today at South Yankton, the sun rises at 7:45 AM and sets at 6:47 PM. That gives 11 h 02 min of daylight.
Around South Yankton, places such as Yankton and Aten use the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in South Yankton?
- Local time in South Yankton is determined by America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in South Yankton include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in South Yankton?
- Local sunrise is 7:45 AM.