Custer in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.7667, -103.5990
- Elevation
- 1620 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 952
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2272 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Custer, South Dakota, United States
The present local time in Custer, South Dakota, United States is given below, for the America/Denver time zone (−6).
Custer, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Denver
Local time in Custer
UTC−6 · daylight saving time is active
Custer keeps America/Denver clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:11 AM Solar noon 12:41 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 11 h 00 min Night 13 h 00 min Civil twilight 6:42 AM – 6:40 PM
Weather in Custer right now
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Custer and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40115
- 49405
- 54423
- 57730
- 59024
- 98240
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 Custer
- Custer Washington, United States
- Custer Washington, United States
- Custer Michigan, United States
- Custer Montana, United States
- Custer Wisconsin, United States
Same time zone — America/Denver
Nearby places
- Berne — 6.5 km
- Fourmile — 7.2 km
- Sanator — 7.8 km
- Sylvan Lake Resort — 9.3 km
- Vestal Springs — 9.8 km
- Danoby (historical) — 10.7 km
Custer: clock, sun and surroundings
The full list of postal codes for Custer runs to 6.
The clock standard in Custer is America/Denver, offset by UTC−6. Daylight saving time in use: Yes.
Today the sun comes up at 7:11 AM in Custer and goes down at 6:11 PM. Daylight measures 11 h 00 min.
Berne and Fourmile are neighbours of Custer on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Custer observe?
- Custer observes America/Denver, whose offset is −6.
- Is the hour in Custer changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Custer?
- At 6:11 PM.