Benchmark in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.2253, -103.5780
- Elevation
- 1531 m above sea level
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2275 km away
What time is it in Benchmark, South Dakota, United States
You can see the current local time of Benchmark, South Dakota, United States on this page, in the America/Denver zone (−7).
Benchmark, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−7 · America/Denver
Local time in Benchmark
UTC−7 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Benchmark, South Dakota.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:42 AM Solar noon 11:39 AM Sunset 4:37 PM Daylight 9 h 55 min Night 14 h 05 min Civil twilight 6:11 AM – 5:08 PM
Weather in Benchmark right now
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Benchmark and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 57759 Nemo — 3.2 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 South Dakota
- Sioux Falls 171 544
- Rapid City 73 569
- Aberdeen 28 102
- Brookings 23 657
- Watertown 22 073
- Mitchell 15 669
Same time zone — America/Denver
Nearby places
- Greenwood — 1.4 km
- Novak — 2.3 km
- Tomahawk — 4.2 km
- Channing (historical) — 5.2 km
- Nemo — 6.8 km
- Roubaix — 9.0 km
About the time in Benchmark
The number of postal codes covering Benchmark is 1.
The time zone here in Benchmark is America/Denver, offset UTC−7. Does daylight saving apply? No.
Sunrise arrives in Benchmark at 6:42 AM today and the sun goes down at 4:37 PM. That gives the day 9 h 55 min of light.
Neighbouring Greenwood and Novak sit in the same time as Benchmark.
Questions and answers
- Could you specify the time zone used in Benchmark?
- The time zone used in Benchmark is America/Denver, with an offset of −7.
- Does the local time in Benchmark change with daylight saving?
- No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Benchmark?
- At 4:37 PM.