Ralston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 48.2486, -101.4760
- Elevation
- 563 m above sea level
- Region
- North Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2213 km away
- Same name
- 13 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ralston, North Dakota, United States
Read off the current local time in Ralston, North Dakota, United States, which belongs to the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Ralston, United States
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Ralston
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Ralston keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:32 AM Solar noon 12:31 PM Sunset 5:29 PM Daylight 9 h 56 min Night 14 h 04 min Civil twilight 7:00 AM – 6:01 PM
Weather in Ralston right now
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Ralston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 17763
- 51459
- 74650
- 82440
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 Ralston
- Ralston Nebraska, United States
- Ralston Oklahoma, United States
- Ralston Wyoming, United States
- Ralston Iowa, United States
- Ralston Alberta, Canada
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
- Burlington — 4.6 km
- Ward County — 5.7 km
- Des Lacs — 6.5 km
- Drady — 11.4 km
- Lonetree — 13.0 km
- Minot — 13.4 km
Time and daylight in Ralston
Records show 4 postal codes for Ralston.
Clocks in Ralston take America/Chicago as their zone, reading UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
For Ralston today, sunrise is 7:32 AM and sunset is 5:29 PM. Daylight lasts 9 h 56 min.
Nearby Burlington and Ward County follow the same clock as Ralston.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Ralston observe?
- Ralston observes America/Chicago, whose offset is −6.
- Does the clock in Ralston stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Ralston: No.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Ralston.
- The sunrise hour is 7:32 AM.