Nelson County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 47.9217, -98.1920
- Region
- North Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1972 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Nelson County, North Dakota, United States
Read off the current local time in Nelson County, North Dakota, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Nelson County, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Nelson County
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Nelson County.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:17 AM Solar noon 1:17 PM Sunset 6:18 PM Daylight 10 h 01 min Night 13 h 59 min Civil twilight 7:45 AM – 6:50 PM
Weather in Nelson County right now
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Nelson County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 58259 Michigan — 12.3 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 North Dakota
- Fargo 118 523
- Bismarck 75 092
- Grand Forks 57 011
- Minot 49 450
- West Fargo 33 597
- Williston 26 977
Other places named Nelson County
- Nelson County Kentucky, United States
- Nelson County Virginia, 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
- Harrisburg (historical) — 9.0 km
- Mapes — 12.4 km
- Michigan City — 12.6 km
- Michigan — 12.8 km
- Wamduska (historical) — 14.6 km
- Lakota — 17.2 km
About the time in Nelson County
Local clocks in Nelson County follow the America/Chicago zone, UTC−5. Do they shift for daylight saving? Yes.
In Nelson County today the sun is out from 8:17 AM until 6:18 PM. That comes to 10 h 01 min of daylight.
Harrisburg (historical) and Mapes sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Nelson County.
Sorting mail for Nelson County involves 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Nelson County?
- Use America/Chicago to show the time in Nelson County; its offset is −5.
- What time zone rules apply in Nelson County — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Nelson County: Yes.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Nelson County.
- They are 8:17 AM and 6:18 PM.