Bancroft in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.4880, -97.7501
- Elevation
- 479 m above sea level
- Population
- 18
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1823 km away
- Same name
- 23 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bancroft, South Dakota, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Bancroft, South Dakota, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Bancroft, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Bancroft
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Bancroft.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:16 PM Sunset 5:19 PM Daylight 10 h 07 min Night 13 h 53 min Civil twilight 6:42 AM – 5:50 PM
Weather in Bancroft right now
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Bancroft and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 25011
- 48414
- 50517
- 54921
- 68004
- 83217
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 Bancroft
- Bancroft Ontario, Canada
- Bancroft Iowa, United States
- Bancroft West Virginia, United States
- Bancroft Wisconsin, United States
- Bancroft Michigan, 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
- Osceola — 7.4 km
- Collins Colony — 8.0 km
- Melham — 9.2 km
- Fairview (historical) — 12.0 km
- Pitrodie (historical) — 12.1 km
- Manchester — 13.4 km
About the time in Bancroft
Look for sunrise at 7:12 AM and sunset at 5:19 PM in Bancroft today. The day carries 10 h 07 min of light.
Nearby Osceola and Collins Colony need no separate clock from Bancroft.
The postal system lists 6 codes for Bancroft.
Bancroft belongs to the America/Chicago zone, placing local clocks at UTC−6. Summer time adjustment: No.
Questions and answers
- Where does Bancroft fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Bancroft falls within America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Bancroft?
- Daylight saving time in Bancroft: No.
- When does daylight end in Bancroft?
- Daylight ends at 5:19 PM.