Eakin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.6155, -100.0330
- Elevation
- 538 m above sea level
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2003 km away
What time is it in Eakin, South Dakota, United States
On this page the local time of Eakin, South Dakota, United States is updated live, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Eakin, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Eakin
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Eakin.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:58 AM Solar noon 1:27 PM Sunset 6:56 PM Daylight 10 h 58 min Night 13 h 02 min Civil twilight 7:28 AM – 7:25 PM
Weather in Eakin right now
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Eakin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 57564 Onida — 11.9 km away
- 57522 Blunt — 14.3 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
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Nearby places
- Onida — 10.5 km
- Blunt — 11.9 km
- Sully County — 13.6 km
- Unorganized Territory Of East Sully — 17.1 km
- South Dakota — 21.5 km
- Unorganized Territory Of North Hughes — 24.3 km
Eakin: clock, sun and surroundings
2 postal codes describe the layout of Eakin.
Time in Eakin follows the zone America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Seasonal clock shift: Yes.
Sunrise falls at 7:58 AM today in Eakin, with the sun setting at 6:56 PM. That leaves 10 h 58 min of light.
Onida and Blunt are close to Eakin and observe the same time.
Questions and answers
- Is America/Chicago the time zone for Eakin?
- Yes, America/Chicago is the time zone for Eakin, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Eakin?
- Yes.
- When does morning light reach Eakin?
- At 7:58 AM.