Dempster in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.6319, -96.9517
- Elevation
- 506 m above sea level
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1765 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dempster, South Dakota, United States
This page reports the local time in Dempster, South Dakota, United States, set by the America/Chicago time zone (−6).
Dempster, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Dempster
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Dempster keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:13 PM Sunset 5:09 PM Daylight 9 h 53 min Night 14 h 07 min Civil twilight 6:45 AM – 5:40 PM
Weather in Dempster right now
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Dempster and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 57234 Estelline — 5.7 km away
- 57223 Castlewood — 12.3 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
Other places named Dempster
- Dempster Kentucky, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Poinsett Colony — 4.1 km
- Estelline — 7.5 km
- Claremont Colony — 9.0 km
- Stone Bridge — 9.2 km
- Castlewood — 11.8 km
- Alsville — 14.8 km
Dempster: clock, sun and surroundings
Nothing changes on the clock between Dempster and neighbouring Poinsett Colony or Estelline.
Dempster includes 2 postal codes.
The zone covering Dempster is called America/Chicago and stands at UTC−6. Seasonal clock changes apply: No.
In Dempster, today's sun rises at 7:16 AM and sets at 5:09 PM. Light stays for 9 h 53 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Dempster based on?
- The clock in Dempster is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Dempster observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Dempster: No.
- When does the sun come up in Dempster?
- Sunrise in Dempster is at 7:16 AM.