Alsen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.9611, -96.8056
- Elevation
- 408 m above sea level
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1717 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alsen, South Dakota, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Alsen, South Dakota, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Alsen, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Alsen
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Alsen.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:12 PM Sunset 5:17 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 6:37 AM – 5:47 PM
Weather in Alsen right now
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Alsen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 58311
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 South Dakota
- Sioux Falls 171 544
- Rapid City 73 569
- Aberdeen 28 102
- Brookings 23 657
- Watertown 22 073
- Mitchell 15 669
Other places named Alsen
- Alsen North Dakota, United States
- Alsen Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Alsen Jämtland, Sweden
- Alsen Louisiana, United States
- Alsen New York, 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
- Hill Side — 2.9 km
- Emmet — 5.4 km
- Hub City — 8.1 km
- Dalesburg — 8.2 km
- Marshalltown (historical) — 8.4 km
- Nora — 8.4 km
Alsen: clock, sun and surroundings
Records show 1 postal code for Alsen.
The zone applied in Alsen is America/Chicago with offset UTC−6. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise reaches Alsen at 7:07 AM, and the sun sets at 5:17 PM. Light lasts 10 h 11 min.
Close to Alsen, the towns of Hill Side and Emmet show the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Alsen follow?
- Local time in Alsen follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Alsen observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Alsen: No.
- What hour brings sunset in Alsen?
- The hour is 5:17 PM.